It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
Today Lizard and Mara and I piled into Betty the Car and drove to Jayme's apartment.
That sentence contained a surplus of proper nouns.
Anyway, we had tacos and played games at Jayme's and it was a good time. I am jealous of Jayme's hardwood flooring. Mara doesn't really share this jealousy, since according to her hardwood floors just mean you have to buy rugs. I think she is mistaken, but I guess the point is ultimately moot since we live in a strictly carpet-and-linoleum apartment and that's not going to change any time soon. So I'll just be quietly jealous.
On the way home from Jayme's, though, we looked at Betty's dash, and lo! beheld that she was about ten miles from rolling into the 80,000 mile mark. So we did the logical thing, which was to whoop and holler and hum snatches of Europe's "The Final Countdown" as we drove in circles around the Quarry parking lot until it was exactly 80,000.0 miles. Happy new year! We took pictures and bought some meat from Rainbow and went home feeling very smug. The funny thing is, though, Betty is a '92. It took that car 14 years to reach 80k. I think that puts Betty in the special ed program for cars. I mean, it's not like we didn't know she was a bit of a thickie, but that's just kind of amazing.
That sentence contained a surplus of proper nouns.
Anyway, we had tacos and played games at Jayme's and it was a good time. I am jealous of Jayme's hardwood flooring. Mara doesn't really share this jealousy, since according to her hardwood floors just mean you have to buy rugs. I think she is mistaken, but I guess the point is ultimately moot since we live in a strictly carpet-and-linoleum apartment and that's not going to change any time soon. So I'll just be quietly jealous.
On the way home from Jayme's, though, we looked at Betty's dash, and lo! beheld that she was about ten miles from rolling into the 80,000 mile mark. So we did the logical thing, which was to whoop and holler and hum snatches of Europe's "The Final Countdown" as we drove in circles around the Quarry parking lot until it was exactly 80,000.0 miles. Happy new year! We took pictures and bought some meat from Rainbow and went home feeling very smug. The funny thing is, though, Betty is a '92. It took that car 14 years to reach 80k. I think that puts Betty in the special ed program for cars. I mean, it's not like we didn't know she was a bit of a thickie, but that's just kind of amazing.
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