Looking at lights

After I got done with class yesterday I headed out to do some work on Cindy’s Miata which has been sitting dead in my driveway all week.  I have a used fuel pump assembly on the way to hopefully fix her intermittent starting issue once and for all.  The pump was supposed to show up yesterday but it didn’t.

I wanted to at least get the rigged wiring eliminated awhile.  Some prior owner snipped the ground wire to the connector plug, jumpered in a long wire, drilled a hole in the top of the fuel pump assembly and directly connected it to the fuel pump for some reason.  I removed that mess and spliced the wire back into the factory connector like it is supposed to be.

Last night Cindy and I went out in the SSR to look at the Christmas lights in Victoria Park, a small development where they go all out with Xmas decorations.   It was great fun cruising around topless at a snails pace with the other onlookers as we took in one awesome display of holiday spirit after another.

As we were cruising we saw a bunch of runners in Xmas garb trot by.  It turns out Ali was within the group, funny.

I didn’t remember seeing the Victoria Park display in person before but Ali reminded me that we drove through there years ago with my mom in tow.

After seeing the VP display, on the way home I suggested we swing out to Ave Maria as well, the same place we biked to in the morning.  I thought maybe they had some sort of interesting decorations going on.  There was nothing extravagant but the church and town square looked really pretty.  I showed Cindy the massive Ave Maria water park that is hardly used while we were out there.  I wish they allowed non-Catholic towners to use the facility but it appears to only be restricted to Ave Maria residents, students or their guests.

The weather was a bit chilly for top down driving but nothing the floor heater and heated seats couldn’t negate.

Today is thankfully my last day of class.  They jam so much into 5 days that the instructor literally has no choice but to ramble non-stop for most of it.  Sure I cherry picked some good info so far but most of it has been just a big blah blah drone-fest.

This weekend I have another race to time, again out in the far reaches of Marco Island.  This means extra early alarms to compensate for the LONG drive.  Tomorrows race will be more challenging because Ali will not be around, meaning I get to juggle yet another ball before the race as being the lone data entry personnel.  Luckily the race is on the small side and 5 miles long so I have some extra time before runners start crossing to get everything done.

Saturday night we are going to a hockey game and whatever time that is left will be equally spread between chores, watching football and attending to final Christmas prep needs.