The past few days have been busy; so much to tell, only so much I can write without completely boring you to death. Once again I took a few days off because of school. It seems as though my Micro class and my online Statistics class are on the same schedule as far as tests...but more on that later.
Several exciting things have happened in the past few days; exciting for me at least. For one thing I ordered tires from http://www.tirerack.com/ on Monday, and I got them Tuesday afternoon. The tires are Yokohama S Drives, and I really like them. I had gotten two already for the back of my car while in Columbia. My tires are low profile, so not everywhere carries my size in stock. I called Discount Tire in Greenville to see if they would match Tire Rack's price of 68$ on the tire. Their mounting and disposal fees are about 18$, but they sell the Yokohamas I like for 85$. If they would sell the tires to me for 68$ total that would be about the same as the deal with Tire Rack, which is 68$ for the tire, 9$ for shipping, and 10$ for mounting at Wal-Mart, totaling about 87$. At first the guy was like, "sure we match the price." He proceeded to check to make sure they had them, and then I told him Tire Rack's price, to which he responded, "well....that's before shipping and they don't have as good service as us, so really that's about 85$." So, I guess when he said they do match the price, really he meant they don't. I told him I'd just go with Tire Rack and then he gave me a 3 minute lecture on why their guarantees are better. Whatever, Yokohama will replace it if there is a defect, and I can get a flat plugged 2 times before I hit the same price as Discount Tire. If I ruin the sidewall, then I'm either dumb or unlucky. That's my logic at least. I can't believe the tires got here the next day. Joe and I laughed about his explanation, which was that they shipped them from Discount Tire. I bet it probably is true.
Anyways, the tires are nice. They are a little higher performance, which I have enjoyed. I noticed the back ones really helped my traction in rain, and with the front ones on now too I can really tell a difference in turning and even in acceleration. I've tried to make them slip a little on turns, but I haven't been able to do it yet. I don't speed because it's against the law and I can't afford higher insurance anyways. I just wanted to throw that in there as a disclaimer.
The other thing that happened with my car is that I went to one of these gas stations that advertises "ethanol free gas." I went because it was cheaper than the others in the area, but I think my car has been running better. I am measuring my gas mileage so I can compare, but if I do get better gas mileage I may start going there more often. I googled the situation though, and some sites say that law requires gas stations to use E10 instead of ethanol free, so I don't know if it's a hoax. I'll let you know what I find out.
My tests went ok. I got an 88 in Micro, which was a little disappointing, but I still have my solid A in there, so I try not to be too upset. My statistics test today was really stressful. I once again waited until the day before to even look at the stuff I was supposed to be learning, and this time the stuff was alot harder. Online classes are just not for me, I just can't make myself not procrastinate school work. Sometimes I sit down to go through a section of a chapter, and as soon as I do I think of 50 other things I'd rather do. The problem with cramming all 3 chapters in to 10 hours of studying right before is that when I take the test I have all these formulas swirling around in my head. I know how to use them all, but I can't remember which situations to use them in. I have to sit there for a little bit and look at the pages figuring out which chapter each problem comes from. Today my teacher really messed with me by putting them all out of order. Anyways, I pulled it together and I think I did pretty well on my test. I didn't feel as good as I did about the last one, but hey, I didn't do as well on the last one as I thought I did.
I did take a break from studying today to go to lunch with some guys from my community group. That was alot of fun. We went to TakoSushi downtown, and I got a Dynamite roll, which was...dynamite? Seriously, it was good...it had flash fried Tuna, Yellowtail, Snapper, asparagus, and spicy garlic sauce. The flash fried Tuna had a little breading on it, and it really was one of the better rolls I have ever had. Mark and Jay ate with me. Mark is an engineer and he and his wife both graduated from Clemson the same year as me. You would think I would have at least seen one of them before, but I guess that just shows you how big Clemson is. Jay works at a Feed and Seed store that his family used to own on Laurens road. He keeps giving me free flats of Pansies, which is amazing. I always try to pay for them, but it never works out because he just doesn't ring me up. Who says nothing in life is free? They are both great guys and I had a good time. On the way back to the house I stopped at Dunkin Donuts and had an iced Latte while I finished one of the mini assignments I had to turn in when I went to take my test. That was fun too.
When I got home I took Lucy outside for a little bit. She was really good all day, and didn't bother me while I studied. This fact is amazing because I didn't even take her on a walk. She ruined it this evening though. A little before I left for my test I took her out and she ran to the front yard to chew on something. I went and picked her up, and she growled like she usually does when I stop her from doing something. I always stick my face right up to hers so she knows I'm not messing around, and today she actually bit my face. I was not happy...at all. She didn't break my skin, it was just a nip, but it hurt. I ignored her for a while and I think she was sorry because she cried and sat there looking all sad. When I say that anyone else would have given up on this dog a long time ago, I'm not being sarcastic. She is a good dog, but then she just has these moments where she turns into the devil. Maybe she needs medication or something.
I left to take my test a little before 6, and got back around 7:45. Kristi didn't feel like eating out anywhere, but I convinced her to go to Chik-fil-a. I needed to get out and sit down somewhere. I tried the grilled sandwich with bacon and cheese, because one time Joe had it and it looked delicious. Mine was terrible, that's the last time I try that thing. You know who has great chicken sandwiches? Wendy's.
Since we got home from dinner I've just kind of laid around watching tv. I feel pretty worn out after all the studying the past few days. It's always great to get over the hump though and know that I have a week or two before I have to do any more real school work. I remember when I was a biology major at Clemson I used to walk out of my last final and feel so relieved that I was going to have no school work for at least a month. I never did mind my Performing Arts classes though.
Tomorrow should be a good day. I will work in the morning, and then I think Kristi and I are passing out candy tomorrow night. I think kids in costumes might be Lucy's worst nightmare. That's why we're going to the Boyds' house...
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