i haven't blogged here yet, but thought i'd give it a shot today. i guess this is more "hoover friend" oriented anyway. i'll rant and rave about plastic oil filter caps on the other site. anyway, so lastnight i decide to change my oil. long story short, without mentioning the rushed trip to home depot [thanks b] and the perils of using a 12" adjustable wrench on ABS plastic and guessing what 25nm of torque is, using said adjustable wrench...ugh..where was i? ah yes, the ugh part. so here i sit in the garage with a car gushing oil from a hairline crack, floor already covered in oil from a miscalculated placement of the oil drain pan...frustrated, dirty, tired...really angry and feeling like a failure. and my baby comes home. i'm feeling embarrassed b/c i made such a mess and topped off what will probably be a $200 oil change once it's all said and done [the replacement part is only $40...phew]...cranky, crabby hating life....

i just wanted to say thanks babe. you came home, had a HUGE smile...and made me feel better about everything that was bothering me. in the past i probably would have bashed a hole in the garage wall with my newly acquired 12" wrench...grabbed a beer or two and been stewing about it for a week...but one look, one smile, one hug and a little bit of beer and all is good in the automotive portion of my life.

i don't say it enough but thanks...you're the only person i have ever met that can calm me down when i get all wound up about something. and even though i rarely show how stressed or frustrated i am [at least to everyone in my life but you] i really do get seriously rattled about little things and dwell on the little details for much longer than i would consider healthy.

i could go on and fill pages of thank yous for everything else you do/have done for me...but other people read this and i don't think they want to hear how thankful i am that you wax my toes [oops]. seriously tho, i love you babe, you've truly changed me as a person.

back to the land of the living!

here i am after several weeks of madness!! with my monster soon to be out of my hair, i'm thoroughly excited to finally be free for the next few weeks until my second round of classes begin! things i won't miss about my monster:

• hairy lip - always showing it off. lips move, mouth toupe blows as if caught in the wind.


• bad breath - always showing it off. lips move, lisa's stomach starts dancing a really bad dance.


• oily scalp - always showing it off. every ten or twenty seconds, she touches herself and then our papers and then continues to distribute them to the class.


• tighty skirts - always showing them off. she sits, and her belly pokes out as if to say "hello."

all in all it's been a great experience cept for the whole study/work/crazy guy with tourettes eating taco bell in my car thing!

now i can focus on the things that really matter to me. i have 4 weddings and no funerals (knock on wood) this summer and i finally have the chance to relax, kick back and make babies with my baby. NOT. friend, i threw that in to see if you were listening!

much love and until next we speak (which will most likely be in about ten minutes) hoover out!