my day

Partly cause I feel like I have stuff to write, and partly because It is now 4:55 am and I know how much mom loves it when I post at these hours...

Anyways, today I woke up a bit late, much like the lazy bum I am. Kari and I ran today, and today was the first time I'm pretty sure in my entire life that I've run a whole mile without walking. It's called "Best Shape of Our Lives 2008" and I'm learning a lot from it, even more than just about exercise. Yep, ask me about it sometime and I'd love to enlighten to you all. :) My mile time was 12:13, which isn't that fast at all, but it is an improvement. My goal time is nine minutes. I will kepp y'all updated.

I think my scooter is supposed to come soon. I am nervous, excited, relieved, and a whole bunch of other emotions. I still need to buy a helmet and go over to the DMV and get a permit and all that.

Tonight after Sports Night I went to work. Fairly uneventful, but okay. As I was walking out the door to go home I noticed a flash of lightning in the distance, which was pretty freakin awesome. Got into the car and turned the key, and alas, nothing happened. I have no reason in the world to be surprised by the car randomly not working, and I guess I really wasn't. So I got the battery charger out and plugged in my car to an outlet in the office building I clean. Walked over to the dumpster and threw away the garbage. There were a couple old computers out on the ground by the dumpster, and for lack of anything better to do for the next hour I picked them up and carried them back to the building. I found a screw driver on someone's desk and proceeded to take one of the computers apart. They've always fascinated me. Anyways, took one of the CD rom drives and put it into my car, then carried the computer carcasses back to the dumpster. By this time it was POURING rain. Went back to my car, unplugged the charger, rolled up the cord, and started the car. Made it about a mile or two down the road when quite suddenly the headlights dimmed to a faint glow and the car started jerking around. Barely made it into the church parking lot, where the now dead car rolled into a parking spot. Our building now has a keyless entry system that uses a code to get in, which I have no reason to know but just do anyways, thank goodness. Went into the church, where I plugged my car charger in again. This time I planned on giving the car more time to charge so I could actually make it home. I played the piano in the Relief Society room from about 2:00 am to 3:20 am. Very fun, a little weird, whatever. It took everything I had to not go outside and dance in the parking lot in the rain at three in the morning. The lightning was magical, the thunder was majestic, and the rain was just cool. After I had been playing the piano for a while and I felt the car had charged enough to at least make it home, I decided to commence on the journey yet again. The car worked just fine til about two miles from home. I drove with the headlights off for a bit of the way, and thankfully made it home, even though it was yet again a dead car rolling into a parking space. Very blessed though, if you ask me. Couldn't have broken down better places today. :)

If anyone would like to just give me a car, I'd greatly appreciate it. I really am excited about this scooter though. Hopefully it will at least be dependable. Or if not, I guess it won't be anything new.... It's all good.

Hope everyone is doing well. Love you all!

p.s. If anyone comes across a motorcycle helmet someone is giving away or at a garage sale or thrift store or something, I would love it...