Notes from an Overworked Underpaid Cycling Enthusiast: August 2012

Hello,

I started this blog just for the hell of it after reading a few blogs from fellow cyclist friends of mine. Their blogs got me interested in what I might have to say and how often I might say it. These posts will not be strictly about cycling, that was just a title for the blog that came to mind as I was filling out the necessary info......I might change it later. Some of my interests that might get written about on this blog are in no particular order....Cycling, Photography, Food, Working Out ( as opposed to cycling), movies, & trips that I have taken or might take in the future.
Thanks for checking in. If I write something you don't agree with, that's okay. These are my thoughts, not yours.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

WHAT A WEEK

ACTUALLY A VERY STRESSFUL 10 DAYS

It all started a week ago Sunday. Actually according to my brother it started 10 years ago. On that Sunday I found one of my car keys on my brothers key chain. I never gave it to him and money was missing from my car. ( I am a non-smoker so what else do you put in the ashtray). SO that day I told him it was time he found his own place to live after 9 months of mooching of me and my couch.

Monday
My Min Pin jump off the bed and twisted her ankle. This was actually relatively cheap. I took her to a late night vet in Vegas and got some pain pills. Only $99,

Wednesday
All four of my car tires were slashed
It rained and my ceiling was leakin

Thursday
   A cat fell thru the wet spot in my ceiling. I still have a 6 sq. ft. hole. 6 days later.

Friday
   I think everything went okay that day

Saturday
Came out at 5pm to walk the dogs and found that 2 more of my tires had been slashed
Made out with some girl at work.

Sunday
Got home Sunday morning to find out that the same asshole had come back and cut the other
   two tires.

Monday
   Started parking my car and motorcycle at the ex girlfriends house. She's cool. We get along great.
     I ride my mountain bike over and pick it up.
     BOught a new mountain bike from REI because my brother managed to get the old one stolen.
     it wasn't fancy but it ran good.

Tuesday
     Daytime was fine and uneventful
    I went to be around 1:30am. Couldn't sleep. Got back up around 2am and watch some of
    the Olympics.
    At Approx. 3:15 I was scared shitless by what sound like 4 gun shots and my patio door window
    Craahing in to the living room. Turned out it was 3-4 rocks and the windows cracking loudly when they got hit by the rock. Didn't know this until after I called 911 and the police got to my apartment.

Wednesday
     Waited until 3pm to have the window installed. Temp in my apartment reached 95 degrees.
   I was going to buy some 4x8 ft plywood to protect the windows but the window guy had a great suggestion. I took my sliding doors out of my closet and placed them in front of the window. Hopefully that helps until I move
     It's 8pm and I am still waiting for it to cool off so that I can sleep before my graveyard shift tonight.

Gonna spend the next couple of days finding a new apartment. Got a line on a 1 bedroom garage conversion that I will check out in the morning. It's actually about $!00 cheaper than the current apartment. We'll see how it goes in the morning. The I will come home and hopefully get a couple hours of sleep and go apartment hunting. Have to keep it cheap because at this time I don't make shit in my job. I would leave it but I just got benefits.

I don't know what my brother did to the guy doing this but I know it is not any of my doing.....I live a vanilla life and I like it. I don't get into fights or arguments. When I move I will never tell my brother where I live again. I ma done with him. I would change my phone number also but I like it and everybody knows it.