What'd you do today?

procarbinefreak wrote:

I'm currently hoping my city doesn't get burned to the ground this week.

Well, in all fairness, you'd need the Packers to get shut-out as well for the WHOLE city to burn....

Waiting for people to not need the jumbo-copier for a while so I can print off my syllabuses for the children. Classes start Thursday.

We already started back last week. Not students, but faculty and staff. Students start next Tuesday officially and this Thursday as far as orientations go.

Scheduled a new car test drive for tomorrow: Fiesta ST and Focus ST. Leaning towards the Fiesta for commuting fuel economy and small car tomfoolery, but the Focus because, just maybe, I will need the extra interior room.

I discovered last weekend that dudes got shafted in our clothes-comfort coefficient value:

The girls were having a clothes exchange, I thought it would be funny....I swear!

Today: Gotta drive up to Cleveland to play a gig with this country band. (Old country, I should mention. Chick singer. Fun times.)

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Bought a new car. Keeping the truck for bad weather and off-road adventures.

ETA: This is the first new car I've bought for myself and I'm pretty excited. I bought my last 2 used thinking that it would be nice to save the money and let someone else eat the depreciation. And it was. However, while the other guy(s) ate the depreciation, I was left with a feeling of anxiety not knowing what had happened to the cars in their previous lives, how they were cared for, or what sort of issues were lying just below the surface that would leave me stranded. After my truck's CEL came on for the 3rd time in the last 2 years since I bought it (it's a 2005), I decided it was worth the extra few thousand for the peace of mind. So I pulled the trigger on a totally reasonable and responsible car, the 2016 Focus ST pictured above. Also, the 253 hp, turbocharged 2.0, 6-speed, big brakes, and Recaro seats will make my commute much more enjoyable Big smile

. The other thing this will allow me to do is replace my Colorado's head (which caused the CEL) myself as well as install the 4-inch lift myself without worrying about running into gremlins that would otherwise keep me off the road. Also the focus gets 32 mpg highway so it's environmentally responsible as well.

Edited by Eville - 21 August 2016 at 1:40am

procarbinefreak wrote:

I got admitted into graduate school and plan on taking the GMAT exam this winter to get into an MBA program. I got a fire lit under my butt to do something when the one other 30 year old male I worked with moved to Arkansas for PA school.

Wait, you got admitted BEFORE taking the GMAT or GRE? That seems backwards for some reason.

Anyway, good luck! Now's the time to get it done. I wanted to go back, but then I got all involved in things like work, marriage, fatherhood, etc. If I do go back for a Master's or PHD, it won't be until my kid(s) are old enough to cook their own damned mac & cheese for dinner. I simply do not have the time or money right now. Wish I'd gone back sooner.

^ Free Monaaaaaaaay!!!!!!! Nice!

impulse418 wrote:

I have a phone interview this morning with Sysco. I hate phone interviews.

Good luck! Remember, be a psychopathic, self-driven, independent mother effer when it comes to their online personality screening. They want people who work fine on their own and don't need lots of support or praise.