Last night, I got together with my married friends, Lindsey and Chris. Lindsey is the secretary for the IT department. She's closer in age to me than the rest of the department. So, we've become friends, just talking when she's not busy, and sitting with each other at Wesley lunch. And she's brought her husband, Chris, to the out-of-school Wesley events, so I've gotten to know him, too. So yesterday, we all got together and went to the Savannah Sand Gnats game against the Rome Braves. We had fun. It was also another fireworks night.
The car I had to use yesterday was my car. I'm skittish when it comes to driving my car. I am afraid I am going to wreck the transmission. You see, it's a manual transmission. Until this year, I had never driven a stick shift car. Because Nicki's car was the best value for the money I got from the loss of my dear Malibu, I purchased her 2002 Ford Focus. My dad and I got the car fixed. Nicki had ruined the transmission. So, because of that, I'm afraid I'll ruin the transmission. I can't afford a new transmission. As a result, my dad's been using the car. Well, he's got to use his truck for the next 2+ weeks, so if I want to go off, I have to take the car. The Jeep and van will be shared between my other siblings. Last night, I had to take the car. I stalled a few times. My problem seems to be getting enough gas to get the car going when I'm in first gear. I know I'll get it down as I drive the car more.
The past few nights, I've been playing iSketch with a few other TotalFarkers. Last night, I had to draw the word "broad." Do you know how hard that was? I think 2 people got it. I drew a stick figure with boobs. And drawn on the stick figure was hair, a boa, some high heels, and money in the hand. I drew a hooker! 
I got every type of word for hooker for the guess as a result. At 1:45 AM in the morning, I could not think of another way to draw that word! If you want a fun, interactive game to play, try that.
[♪ Listening to: "You Get To Me" - Meredith Edwards]
Posted by Shawn at July 7, 2007 2:10 PM in Baseball, Flickr Photos, General.
just to comment on your collection agency post
There are some collection agencies out there who do what is right. I worked for one over 10 years and we strove to follow the FDCPA to the letter.
Insurance companies are the source of a lot of collection problems. Nowadays, they make it so difficult to get claims paid, people get frustrated or they simply don't know what all is required of them in order to get the insurance to pay. I had an insurance company at one time that would not pay a single claim until you filled out some single piece of paper for them ONCE a year...every year.
Anyway...there are some out there that aren't all bad. But for the few that are, there are that many more that make them all look bad.
Posted by: Christy at July 8, 2007 10:10 AMYou've got me addicted to Isketch now! Too bad I can't draw to save my life.
-L.
Posted by: Laura at July 8, 2007 7:33 PM
