May 21 2007
Texas Tea … Oil, That Is
I count myself as always having been very fortunate, but never having been extremely lucky.
I’ve had a relatively gifted life, with good friends, a great family, and I’ve got my health.
But still, I’ve never had just absolutely great luck.
I’ve never won the lottery. I’ve never gained fame or fortune, nor have I ever stumbled upon a suitcase full of unmarked money (at least that’s what I said during the sworn deposition … and I’m sticking by that story until I get to Indo).
That’s why, when I hit an oil gusher this weekend, while still very lucky, it was not that huge of a godsend.
A valve blew up on my Jeep over the weekend, sending engine oil everywhere.
The good news, obviously, is that said oil-valve waited for 3 days until after I drove the Jeep cross-country before exploding oil everywhere, bless her stainless-steel heart.
The bad news, obviously, it that my kinfolk need not tell me that Californi-ae is the place I ought to be, with all the other rich oil barrons.
The Jeep is okay. And I got to spend the last 1.5 days rebuilding the Jeep’s engine (I’ll not bore you with details) with my college roomate. I actually enjoyed it tremendously.
Oh well, such is life.
Maybe I’ll have better luck next time if I get a hunting dog.
It’s called proof reading…give it a try.
Karrie – lol.
Matt- At least the rest of the jeep didn’t go kablooey with you in it. Hope you’ll still be able to make here in time. Hit me up when you get the chance. I’ve GOT to hear about this one.
Karr, I’m not on my computer, so I don’t have spellcheck, little miss know-it-all. I corrected the ones I could find. Ironic tho, I guess everything comes full circle, huh? What, are you gonna correct me on my grammer next?
And Manny, yeah, you had your chance to write glowing, witty, precise banter on this blog … and we all know how THAT turned out. Yeah, I’ll give you a call tomorrow.
Yeah, your grammer and your table manners.
You BOTH spelled “grammar” wrong.
I know, I’m a dick.