01/14/2013

I have been dismal about keeping up with everyone. I am very sorry. I tend to not get on the computer too much during the weekends any more because I have people who want to hang out all the time, plus Andy actually had this weekend off for once! I basically just spent all of my time with him.

He bought a Scion tC over the weekend. Brand New. 2013. Black. Very shiny. I have to say I was a bit jealous because it’s a NICE car. Very nice! But then I think about it and there are so many things I like about my Fiat better, not including the fact that it’s tiny and can go anywhere and gets about ten miles to the gallon better average than the tC does. Just sayin’.

Andy drove my car for the first time yesterday. It was his first time ever trying to drive a manual transmission. He was thinking he’d like his next car to be a manual, but was wanting to buy it either yesterday or today. I didn’t say anything about the learning curve, but let him try to see how he liked it.

I have never seen anyone get so pissed off so fast haha! I told him while he was learning that first gear was going to be the hardest and everything else is a breeze, that shifting is connected more to RPMs than MPG, but I had a hard time explaining to him how to make turns. I’ve always driven manuals. I learned how to drive on a manual. I got my license in a manual. I have no experience to refer to in dealing with someone who learned on an automatic. I can’t relate to how different they must think it is to drive a manual. Poor Andy. I felt so bad because I felt like it was my fault he was having such a hard time. It turned him off from buying a manual, that’s for sure, which was disappointing, but understandable.

I told him he still needs to learn though. In case I ever get myself into a situation where I can’t drive for some reason and it’s necessary to use my car. Secretly, I just want him to learn to appreciate a manual transmission. The learning of it is hard if you’ve never ever done it before, but once you get it down it’s so much better than an automatic.

Anyway, so that was fun. He was really excited about his new car. He was one of those kids whose parents bought him his first car, but he didn’t cosign on the loan so he had no credit. He cosigned this time, so that’s good for  him.

I’m starting to freak out about money again, as I did when I was paying rent and paying for a car before. Too many new bills have me a bit cautious until I figure out when everything is actually going to be due and how I need to rearrange my paychecks. It always stresses me out until I get a rhythm going again. It’ll be okay.

I did buy some pastels and paper yesterday though. I want to get back into learning how to use them. They are so much fun. We have an exchange student staying in the art room right now, but when he’s out I’m totally going to be spending loads of time in there making a mess. It’s going to be great.