This one is my fault. Sorry I have been gone so long, but there has been nothing to really report and therefore I have been kind of quiet. In fact there is really nothing new to report in terms of my car, which is making me grow in frustration everyday that I haven’t seen my car ( it’s been awhile ). There is nothing I can do really as I have to make sure I get good grades, as they are as important as ever, and I think this semester may be my best one yet. I will be working on the car ASAP, but ASAP is looking more and more like after finals sometime – if the weather is good enough. It’s even more frustrating because – to be perfectly honest – I have no freaking clue what I am doing, don’t have the tools to do it even if I knew how, and don’t have a garage or anyplace to jack the car up even if I had the tools and the knowledge. What I need is to find a gear head student like me, with access to at least a place to work and some more knowledge than what I have, yet this still eludes me. Though Shelley and I could be an excellent team, right now we are the blind leading the blind, without a walking stick, in the middle of the woods. Trust me I am frustrated (it is my favorite word in this entry), and I really want to do something, but it just seems like nothing will ever get done. I did get the Autometer gauges, and have installed all but one of them, but I haven’t hooked them up yet. This is mainly because I can’t get under the car in order to hook up the transmission-mounted speedometer cable, which prevents me from seeing my speed, which the cops claim is rather important. I need to get some grommets for the firewall to rerun some wires and the drive gears for calibration of the speedometer. I really need to get out there and do some work and quit whining about it, but this school has really kept me down. Screw up the car or not, I need to get out there. I just really wish I could have access to more of the big 3 ( knowledge, tools, working location ). Hopefully this will be a warm winter break, and I will be able to get out there and work on my car.
Some small non-car related notes: We found a stray cat by our front door, very thin, but healthy and kind, so we took him in and now he is Shelley’s Apartment cat. His name is Tony and he is a male orange tabby cat. Also, Tony Stewart who is arguably the best driver in the world ( personal I feel it is true ), has won his second NASCAR Championship in 3 years. He is also the first driver to win the championship under the old format and the new format. Go Tony Stewart Go!
Hitting every tree in the woods.
–Sooner Dead
