one less worry

you know what makes me happy?
when i drop off the car for (expected) maintenance and repair at a new shop, and the guy at the desk tells me he's envious of the roadtrip and that "you don't see many cars like this one around anymore." and then the second mechanic calls me back and says "You know, this car is in really great condition! Is that the original mileage on there? Wow."

so Matilda's getting a new muffler-pipe, an oil/etc change, and four shiny new tires. it's another big pile of money, but the exhaust pipe's been broken for months now, and i knew the tires were looking pretty sad. (i haven't really taken care of them, and Matilda's never had a garage. so, better to get them replaced now than to have one blow in the middle of Texas.)

wheee!
(also, i should make an icon for Matilda. hm.)

well-functioning machinery

1. Waltzing Matilda is back from the mechanic, and she's got shiny shiny new tires, and she purrs. she most decidedly does not purr like a kitten. she purrs like a well-kept 5-liter V8 engine with a functioning exhaust system.
awww hell yeah.

2. the new laptop (now named unsinkable-affection) is full to the brim of RAM. having not actually installed RAM in a laptop since 1999 or so, i am quite proud of having done this myself, and very glad that it seems to be working. i have a sweet-ass, blisteringly fast computer that is portable and contains vast quantities of music and lovely, lovely software. banzai!

now...well, now i feel like i should really take over the world or something, but i think perhaps instead i'll take my waltzing matilda and go wander awhile.
*mad laughing grin*
it's time to shake things up, see a bit more of the world.