conglomeration

so here's my update:

while i was home in illinois, i spent way too much time shopping and bought no clothes at all. messed up, huh? hehe. we bought a car! we searched monday through friday and purchased a white 98 ford taurus se on saturday. it has everything i've ever dreamed of - four doors and a scan button (josh's car has two doors and neither a seek nor scan button - VERY annoying). it's in really good condition. we now have two cars, but i don't know for how long. the probe's alternator's acting up. we thought the ratiator AND the alternator were busted, and that's why we were searching for a new car. half-way through the week, we found that the problem was most likely the radiator hose which was leaking onto the alternator. $70 and 30 miles later, when the battery died, we realized there was probably more to the story. looks like the alternator needs new brushes. look at me, all car-smart. i never would have known before this vacation that alternators need brushes. apparently those are cheap to fix, and the car place would have only given us $500 for the probe, so we are now a 2 car family. the only problem is both those cars are fords...

on saturday, the day we bought the taurus (help me think of a cool name for it, 'taurus' isn't workin), my cousin jason got married! we actually had to go to the car place all dressed up for the wedding so we could make it on time (we were soooo almost late). it was my first catholic wedding. it wasn't as long as i thought (and was told) it would be. and it was really good, i'm assuming. i couldn't see well from our seats in the rear corner and i couldn't hear with all the echoing with the tall ceilings and everything. there were a ton of times when everyone else knew what to do or say, and i was left completely in the dark, being the protestant that i am, but oh well! gloria looked beautiful, as every bride always does. the reception was a blast, i got to meet family that i've actually never ever met before and hang out with family that i haven't seen in a long time. my cousin alison was all excited cuz i was finally 21 and not under a legally binding contract that controlled my beverage consumption habits. so she bought me a drink i can't even pronounce. it had lemonade in it - i can pronounce that much. i didn't realize i was supposed to stir it and took a sip off the top and WHOA was that stuff strong. i then proceeded to stir it and the taste improved significantly. it gave me a funny warm feeling in my belly :-D. but i didn't even get to finish it completely before josh was dragging me out the door. it was our last night in town and he wanted to see some more of his friends. so no, i did not get drunk. i didn't win the 50-50 either.

what else did i say i would talk about? oh. my 5k aspirations. and my 'ever cloudy'... something, oh yeah, future. i'll talk about the 5k. josh's sisters are running in a 5k on the 20th and they want me to run too. yeah, the last time i ran that distance, i was trying to get in shape for my wedding. so, i ran with them at the track to see what i could do, and yeah, definately pooped out after a mile and a half. that's only half of the 5k which is only 10 days away. so if there's anyone in town that wants to train with me, i mean seriously train with me... get in touch, otherwise i think this ain't happenin.

well, i'm fixin to be late to work, so i'll write about 'ever cloudy' crap tomorrow.

bye!