1.  The car is still in the shop.  The whole of the rear axle parts were not shipped.  So it's there for another day.  i am sure with my luck the part will not get delivered tomorrow.  Friday is the 4th, and they're closed this Saturday.  I'm on vacation regardless, I guess that's one way of looking at it.

2.  So like every year, I call my friends from where I used to live, so I can tellthem I'll be in town for an extended period of time.  And, like every year, I've gotten a collective 'meh'.  Friend one has not returned my call.  Friend two, who always goes to the College reunion, is only attending the very last event on the very last day.  Sure I could spend the day hanging out with other people, I've looked at the guest list and well, the majority of the attendees are from the 40s and 50s.  So it's not looking like I'll be hanging out with friend two all that much.  Friend Three replied to my email, she'll be around.  Friend four, we made plans for either Tuesday or Wednesday, her two days off.  And then their will be family.

3.  Maybe I should have just stayed here for the 10 days.  That'd only mean I'd not see any of my friends for sure.

4.  I've not biked since Sunday.  Monday is my normal day off.  Tuesday I got my school taxes,and I did some quick math, and decided that I need to cut back on driving.  Which contradicts the last two points, but yeah.  $260 due by October 31.  This wouldn't be so bad but the car is gonna cost ~730 to fix.  And today I had no car to drive to the trail, and I couldn't be bothered to bike in the neighborhood.  Mostly because I've used the free time to get ready for vacation.

5.  Most of my work pants, and even my shorts are loose on me.  In fact a few pairs of the pants I can't keep up at all, and I don't have a belt that fits the loops.  I'm excited.  Going to my parents for 10 days should actually save me a bit of money.  I don't need to drive to go for a bike ride that is safe.  Then again, I do need to drive to get to the college reunion.  So maybe it'll be a wash.

6.  Holy shit I'm losing weight.  And if I cook beans for the week, and eat a sensible lunch, I find that I am not at all hungry as often.  Beans fill me up big time.  And that weekend biking, 2-4 hours total really gets my metabolism running.  That said I do have bits of 'is this working?'  and "what am I going to do in the winter?"

And now it nears 10, and I should go to bed now.