6/20/06: A new car, time for writing

My slack tutoring schedule accurately reflects this time of summer. Only about half of my hours are filled, which is both good and bad. The bad part, of course, is less income. The good part is that I have more time for writing. I’m actually dividing the extra time between writing and other chores at the office, and catching up on long-postponed tasks at home.

I should be nervous about the income reduction for two reasons. First, I have a new ruby red, beautiful, functional Honda CR-V occupying my garage. (See last week’s post.) The purchase went smoothly last Friday and I’m just as excited as I was as a child on Christmas Day. It doesn’t slip in first gear, it doesn’t overheat, it has a radio, it has a CD player, and it’s shiny and clean.

The second reason has to do with the Leading Ladies Marathon in Spearfish, SD on August 20. Though it may not be the soundest fiscal decision I’ve made in my life, I’m going to South Dakota for this event. I plan to see Mount Rushmore and many other sights while I’m there. The trip will be more expensive than most marathon trips since South Dakota isn’t one of the popular destinations from Orlando.

But, hey, it’s only money. Ninety percent of the time I’ve very conservative with money—some say I’m cheap—but once in a while I make a decision just because it’s what I want. The new car isn’t so much that kind, because it was time to replace my twenty-year-old car, but the marathon trip is simply because I want to go.

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