zoom zoom!!

so friday since i didn't have to go to work till late, mike and i drove up to watertown to talk to another mazda dealer. i honesstly thought i would drive up, they would look at my car, make me an offer, and i would ponder it, adn maybe make a decision this weekend. well... obviously i was talked into ditching my car, and driving the new one off the lot.. :) they gave me 1400 more for my trade in than the 1st place wanted to, and the best part is they didn't even drive it or anything.

its so exciting to have a new car... every car i've ever driven has been used. this one is quiet, shifts nice, smells good, has pretty much everything i need in a car... i am not so impressed with the gas mileage so far. i am not sure exactly how many gallons i can put in when i fill it up, and it might just be a smaller gas tank.. but i feel like i can watch the needle move.. :( my fingers are crossed that the tank is significantly smaller. :)

in other news.. i saw Iron Man today. i knew nothing of the character/hero, nor had i ever read the comic books... i had only heard everyone and their mothers talking about it, and had seen a couple interviews with robert downey.. i was kinda blown away. it was really good... like, really good... this movie was packed with testosterone and it was great. i have always loved robert downey and he did not disapoint in this film, and he was smokin hot! it makes me need to see him in a romantic leading man role again.. i know what movies are jumping to the top of my netflix queue.

here are the pics of the car and this weekend.

holy mad busy batman!

my claim earlier this week of being up to my eyeballs in work has now escalated to completely drowning. tomorrow is the "big night". i will be going into work at 5pm and coming home when we are done. most likely well after the sun has come up. :( anything over and above 8 hours will be OT though. :)

i can sleep in tomorrow though, that has to count for something! i am hoping to go up to watertown to meet with a 2nd mazda dealer and see what kinds of options i have.

i was hoping to watch a movie before work, but i don't think tht is going to happen..

i'm sitting here unwinding and waiting for the office finale to come on and cath insists on watching Ugly Betty... it's kind of a good show there are so many people in it that i recognize. one of my favorites is "gio", freddy rodriguez. rrrrrrr...

wants are going on sale tomorrow...

this website i frequent is run by a couple of artists that make paintings of things they want to buy and then sell the paintings for the cost of the item.. so anyway, they sent an email saying that they are releasing some more paintings tomorrow that are all in the vein of their upcoming trip to Las Vegas.

i highly encourage you to check out their site.. it's a wicked cool idea, i wish i had it first.

ohhhh, the sweet smell of sewer...

i'm up to my eyeballs with work right now.. and today to further add to the stress, the bathrooms in my building were out of order.. i had to choke back puke when i caught a whiff of the men's room. so the 2 bathrooms in our building were off limits, we had to truck over to the "other" building to use their bathrooms.. let me draw a diagram of what that looked like.



the green path is my usual path to the bathroom. the red path is the one i had to take today.. i pee about 13 times a day.. so this was very troubling.. i made this pilgrimage twice. :(

i had to stop and pick up some milk on my way home from work, and in the 5 minutes i was in the store with my phone in the car, i got the call i was waiting 2 days for from "Matt". he left me a message and said he would touch base with me first thing tomorrow.. his message said they have an approval for me, but i think he said it was higher than i wanted.... shocking... i'll have to see what his offer is tomorrow..

i almost forgot this till cath reminded me at dinner... last night i'm totally sleeping, and at 1am the shelf that contains all my art supplies and canvases and hello kitty stuff came crashing down onto me in my bed and onto the floor. luckily for fatty she wasn't sleeping on my bed last night. the shelf fell down exactly where she usually lays. she would have been seriously injured if not worse... Mike heard it and came upstairs on his way to bed and help dig me out of the debris. what a crazy night.. i can't help but wonder if its the universes "not so gentle" way of nudging me back into creating some art....

today this post popped up in my feedreader.. it is precious and soooo true... i strongly urge you check it out..

baby shower weekend..

this weekend was EHs 2nd shower. yay! all the family showers are over forever!!!! (unless by some stroke of luck i get married and have a child). it was alarming how people just didn't care that EH was opening presents... very odd, that is usually the highlight of all the showers i've been to..

i was most impressed with my camera this weekend.. i turned the "red eye reduction" on in the camera itself, so for example, i was taking a picture of cath, and even with the pre-flash light it still gave red eyes.. well, then the preview image got this rectangular box over the eyes, and the camera took out the red eye before it saved it to my card. it was so cool! it doesn't seem to recognize dogs "green eye" though. that's fine with me though.... so cool!

here are the pics i took this weekend. beware baby haters, there are lots of baby pics in there.

this afternoon i took my car into mazda for an appraisal.. i gave "matt" my must haves and my monthly payment ceiling.. he said he'd call me back by the end of the day with what they could offer. he kept asking me which color i wanted. i must have told him 9 different times it doesn't matter to me.. the transmission is what matters, and air conditioning and power doors/locks. keep your fingers crossed..

so many choices....

i feel like i have so many choices about what to do about my car situation...

last night i test drove a mazda 3 and it was great! i could totally see myself loving that car.. the sticker price on the car was 18K. i told the guy that i had 6K left on my car, and wanted my payments to be in the 300-325 for 60mos range.. i have to take my car to be "assessed" on monday... and if he can work something out where my outstanding loan will be paid and my future payments are 300-325 then i would take it..

but then just for kicks i looked on CL and found 2-3 mazda 3s that are manual and either 2006 or 2007 that were between 12k-14K. so that is tempting... but i would still have my current loan and would need to unload my car to someone for 6K..

then there is the alternative, put the 2K into my car to have it fixed and cross my fingers hoping it will last 2 more years...

ugh, decisions decsions...

at 530 prompt my roommates are picking me up to go out to western NY.. it's another baby shower! SB just sent some new pics of teagan.. she looks more alive.. hopefully she'll be able to see me this weekend if i can pry her from cath's arms..

who's in the coffin?

i'm listening to this weeks LOST podcast and we will find out who was in the coffin in the season finale of LOST. i have heard much hype about this season finale, it's going to be good from what i can garner.

today after work my roommates and i have an appt with someone at mazda.. SF has been coaching me on car buying.. i am pretty excited to see what they have.

oh, LOL... i just got a message from the sales guy at mazda.. he says he's confirming our appt, etc.. and then leaves his email address! LOL LOL.. it's working..

the day has come...

my poor accord has been beat to death. :( i think it would make the most sense to get a new car. MB and i went window shopping yesterday after work. i looked at some scions, nissans, and toyotas.. the toyotas seem too expensive. i don't like the looks of any of the scions... there were a couple of nissans that i liked. the sentra was not as crappy and ugly as i remember them being.. one car that caught my eye was the "versa". i had never heard of a versa... apparently they have been in europe for quite a while... they are cute and they come in a hatchback or a sedan. they have a cool audio package available where there is bluetooth built in, and you can control it by a button on the steering wheel... and you can also control the radio by the steering wheel too. essential car needs. :) however, of all the cars on their lot they only had 2 versas that were manual. and neither of them had that upgraded audio package.

the car i am currently obsessing over is the mazda 3. it seems to be the general census that the mazda 3 is a solid car.. well, actually.. KT said it was too sporty for her. so if the stars align themselves correctly cath and i will go and look at them tomorrow after work. i emailed the dealer and she assured me they have some 5 speeds in stock. i think steering wheel audio control is standard in the mazdas. :)

yesterday i got a package in the mail i was not expecting.. it was a desert colored wedding dress! woooo who!! from my uncle mark. looooove! it needs to be washed and softened out a little, but its cool! i've never seen the sand colored ones.