worst week evAr! :(

[shelfy]

so most you reading this thread probably know my tranny is on it's way out. since i think i should stop driving the claret until i can get some help figuring out what the problem is, i decided to take the polo green svx (justification for posting in the gsb forum ) to work for only the third time in the 2.5 years i've owned it. it is a beautiful day and the road to the casino is a nice twisty, but well-traveled road with an unfortunately low speed limit. i was enjoying the drive so much that i didn't notice the officer that i just passed going the opposite direction had pullled a u-turn to catch the woman in front of me who was following the car in front of her very closely. so we drove about another half mile until the road opened up and a nice clear passing lane laid in front of me. it wasn't until i had well exceeded the posted speed limit that i noticed the officer. she was able to pull both of us over and give the lady two tickets: one for following to closely and another for driving slowly in the left lane (new state law ). i received a whopper of a speeding ticket clocked at 65 mph in a 40 mph zone, but reduced to only 24 mph over keeping me from a mandatory court case.

so i tried to behave myself and obey the law from the rest of my 15 mile drive. about half way there, i came around a curve and saw a squirrel trying to cross the road. i was going slowly and really thought he'd make it, but i was wrong. no one probably knows this about me, but i'm somewhat of a tree-hugger and besides the animals that are ground up for my nourishment, it really upsets me when they die needlessly.

when i finally got to work, i received a call from my mother who told me her doctor informed her she was a very high risk of a heart attack and needed to quit smoking. needless to say, i was very upset. she said she is taking the warning seriously and intends to quit. probably not until she finishes the pack or the carton though.

i'd finished ranting now and feel a little better now.