ze car
my car is out of commission for the moment. last thursday we had something like 4-6 inches of rain in just a few hours. of course, this creates lots of messes. quittin' time came around and i was ready to leave. i've lived through 2 major floods in recent times; i think one of those was hurricane mitch related. anyway, through these floods the highway gets pretty bad, but i don't think i've ever seen it closed until thursday. it was actually flooded over at my exit, something i blame on the reckless abuse of land from these "developers". i mean...its no surprise that the highway has huge amounts of water pouring onto it right where all the trees have been cut to make room for houses.
at any rate, i turned around and headed the other direction towards the small town where i used to live and work. i decided to stop in at the high school to wait things out, and also to chit chat with some of my old co-workers. unfortunately for me, there was quite a bit of water collected at the entrance. i went through it, and immediately afterwards my car shut off. i haven't been able to start it. so...i guess we'll see.
the wake
earlier today i went to a wake. my former neighbor passed away over the weekend. i actually ended up seeing a few people i hadn't seen in some time. i always figure that the circumstances are unfortunate. her dad was (is?) a homebuilder. they built the house we moved into when we came to texas, and actually we bought it from them. anyway, it's pretty crazy seeing as how she was only a few years older than me. it's always a little hard for me to continue "business as usual", even if i wasn't all that close.
i feel exhausted, and yet when i lay down...it's hard to sleep. i've been having strange dreams lately too. anywho, that's my news for the moment.
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