I spent about $900 today. More I think.

I paid my rent. $560. I expected that. Then I went to the book store. Half Priced Books rocks. I spent about an hour there. I walked with two sketch pads. One to keep up my daily drawings in. Another is a journaling sketchpad. Do a drawing on one side, write on the other (that one was on sale). I also picked up a copy of a book I had lost. Well, that Reg had stolen. All in all I spent $19.00 there. I feel good about that for walking out with two big sketch books and new book to read.

I am sitting at a light, waiting to turn left. As I go to turn all of sudden my car is about nine times louder, and is shaking a little. I pull over and see that the exhaust pipe hanging down under my engine. Memories come flashing back from my last car, Jasper. Jasper died when the exhaust pipe broke off in the engine (there is a great story about car advice my dad gave me that night, I'll write it up sometime). Luckily, Anti-Japser (my car now), was broken in the pipe, not the engine. I drove to a Midas and they managed to fix it in about ninety minutes, for $335.71. It wasn't all bad. I was talking to this girl named Leah in the waiting area. She was driving to New Jersey tonight. I told her good luck, and retold my story about driving back to Queensbury for Christmas last year (an 8 and 1/2 hour drive took me 12 hours).

So yeah. I spent over $900 today. And what do I have to show for it. Two sketch pads and a book. And I'm spent til next pay check (Christmas presents may be late this year). So I'm home watching movies and doodling, and having a well deserved beer.