Jealousy

I don't even have my Mazda yet, but I'm falling more and more in love with the lineup every day. Today I spent most of the day doing random yard stuff -- picking up rocks that the snow plow pushes way off of the driveway, fixing the push mower, cooking venison sloppy joes (wow, those were terribly good), and checking out my neighbor's bright red Mazda RX-8. That's a gorgeous car in person, and I just wanna sit in it and spin the tires for a few minutes every time we drive down the driveway.
Saturday my dad and I went on a road trip to visit my uncle Ron and aunt Jackie. Ron hasn't changed a bit, still the happiest goofiest guy you'll ever meet. He has pretty much my favorite put down in the world -- "they're inbred." And who else can I go into the gas station with to get a drink, then have him walk out with a 12 pack of beer, jump in the car, pop it open and start heading home. We spent a couple hours at his new house, which is a very nice pad for the two of them, and then took about a 50 minute drive to his river house. The house on the river was very cute, someday I'd like to have either a house on a river or a lake, though it always seem that I end up having good friends that have exactly that setup that I can mooch off of. Maybe I'll do the fat condo in the city -- then they can mooch the real fun off of me :). Tonight I watched the WEC live event that was on -- I find MMA fighting so fun to watch. The guys from East Chicago and Hammond (around here) have a real dominant presence in those fights. It's crazy how guys who look like they have more muscle than me can weigh 125-145 pounds. It's absolutely ridiculous, haha. Those fights are so brutal, and the title fight definitely didn't disappoint between Urijah Faber and Jens Palver. I won't spoil it for anyone that actually watches those cage fights, not that I think any of you do =P.
I should be able to pick up my car Wednesday or Thursday, whenever it comes in from the dealer they had to ship it from. I'm gonna make a point to stall it out 10 or 20 times with my mom in the passenger seat since she gave me so much crap for wanting a manual, haha. Then it's up to Kathryn's for a few days to lounge on the golf course, maybe I'll hit a few balls down the driving range instead of the 9th fairway a couple hundred feet to the right this time. Thursday next week I'm hoping to have my "for real" last cactus trip, followed by a chill Friday at the Purdue campus bars. Sometime early Saturday I'll head up to Chicago to enjoy a day in the city and then a night at the B96 Summer Bash! B96 always seems to get a wonderful lineup, so that should be a great time. And then Sunday morning... it's time to pack it up and drive away from home for the last time!