Nothing much
I don’t really feel much like blogging today for whatever reason. The weekend went fine. Saturday we did extensive mowing. We had a rain-free week last week so all the standing water dried up. We took the opportunity to mow down the 2 acres in the back of the house as well.
Saturday night we went to a baby party at our friends house. Their daughter and other friends of ours just had babies around the same time and the party was for them. It also was an opportunity for the females in attendence to grill me over when I was going to have a kid, which I artfully sidestepped or replied back that we have a black and furry kid at home already that keeps us busy. We stayed later than I anticipated and didn’t get to bed till after 11.
Sunday we decided to do something we hadn’t done in who knows how long, go to the beach. The Eagles play tonight so my Sunday was uncharacteristically free of football commitments, so we took advantage of it. We drove down and spent maybe an hour and a half there. When the sun was out it felt quite warm. After we ate lunch there we sat back down for a little bit and then headed out. As I was sitting there, I glanced down at my chest and saw one of my suspicious looking mole/freckle things on my chest and thought about how it was rather dumb to be sitting out in the sun, sans sunblock considering I had two things cut out of my head in the past year. I put my shirt back on. I think I will need to be one of those old farts that sits on the beach under an umbrellla. I guess I could have just slapped 45 spf sunblock on too. Well even so it was nice to hang at the beach for a little while, something that when we moved to Florida we thought would be a weekly thing. Right now we are lucky if it is a semi-annual event, crazy.
The rest of the weekend was laid back. Well except the part where Ali did the bills. The bill for the computer I built was in the CC bill for the month so that added a nice chunk to the already high bill. After paying the bills, the idea of jumping into a hybrid has cooled considerably. I got a second online number for the trade in value of the Sentra which was considerably lower than the one I saw last week, further dampening any enthusiasm for making a move now.
I did do some more research online about the Camry and Prius Hybrid. It amazes me that if I equip both vehicles as I would want, they are almost identical in price. It makes no sense to me since the Prius is a much smaller car than the Camry. The Camry appeals to me because it is a much roomier and stylish car. I have been driving sub-compacts for over 10 years, and specifically some sort of Nissan Sentra since 98. The only explanation I can get for the near equal cost is the Prius gets significantly better mileage than the Camry Hybrid. The Camry gets 38 highway/40 city (theoritically) while the Prius clocks in at 51 and 60 respectively, a big, nearly 40-50% difference in mileage. I suppose that is the basis for the cost difference. Well I think it is a mute point right now anyway.
I lost again in fantasy football, it is pissing me off. My running backs, Edgerrin James and Jamal Lewis sucked. Carson Palmer pumped in anemic 7 points against a shitty NE secondary. FF causes me more stress than enjoyment.
That’s it.