| November 23, 2002 |
| Well, the last couple of days have proven to be quite shitty. I should be at home right now, but I'm not... I'm still up here in the perpetually frozen tundra of northern MN instead of the tropical agricultural jungles of central IL. Actually, the weather has warmed up considerably in the last two days, but my luck has not. Thursday night I left here about 845pm and the first 130 or so miles of my trip were uneventful. Then something had to happen... my Samurai picked an extremely inopportune time to act like a little sissy bitch. About 10 or 20 miles out of Duluth my tranny began to make some very funky grinding noises, then with a loud crack I quickly found myself lacking every gear with the exception of fourth. So, I limped my way into Duluth to get gas, then drove the 145 miles back home in 4th gear. It was very slow going, and on top of that I got pretty fucking sick that night. I got home about 430 Friday morning and spent the rest of the day in bed... but I couldn't get any sleep because it seems that people think that the flu = death or something. The damn phone woke me up 7 times yesterday, and I usually have less than that many calls in a month. The only good news is that it appears that William, along with Matthew and/or Jason are coming to rescue the proverbial damsel in distress (which would be me). I guess they left sometimes this morning, but since they haven't made the trip before I have no idea how long it will take them to get here. William drives a lot faster than me, but I think they stand a fair to good chance of getting lost on the way. They want to see the frozen northland, but unfortunately for them it has warmed up... it's about 25 or 30 out today, it has been running about 15-20 during the days. The wind has also died down some and it hasn't snowed at all today. I'm expecting that they'll be disappointed by the lack of frigid, manly weather.. I'm feeling a bit better today, which is by no means declaring that I'm ready to jump up and dance a jig anytime soon. I did manage to eat a little bit though for the first time in 2 days. I just want to get home and go back to bed... |