Fare Thee Well, Sparkle Motion

So we sold Sparkle Motion Emerald Pearl. 

Here we are, enjoying one last.... stand in the driveway. That's all I could do, because the damn thing hasn't run in over a year. 

But it's gone, thank heathens. Some dude came and towed it when we were out over the weekend and when we came home this was all that was left...

Like it materialized.

I'm having a hard enough time with it as it is.

(Finally) Shaved/Towed/Birthed

I am surrounded by procrastination, 99% of which is generated by myself. Today, unplanned, three things that have been on the verge of completion came to fruition. Let's count them down.

#1: I shaved


Laura had been on me about this and has recently gone on a kiss strike, picketing around the bed and the front door. I knew I had to take immediate action but was nervous that my infant daughter would no longer recognize me. She was a little concerned at first, looking at me and not quite knowing who I was, but a few daddy games and she had all but forgotten about the old face beard.
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#2: Towed the Dakota


I crashed the truck in December. Icy roads, early morning, windy pass, bad combination. I'm not sure why it took us three months to contact the insurance company. They asked me. I had no good answer. I tried to come up with an excuse but could only come up with the word bandits. It's easy to forget about even a large object as such when it's buried in snow for three months. Long story short: that may be the last time we ever see Sparkle Motion Emerald Pearl.
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#3: Fawsja had kittens


Fawsja got pregnant before we got a chance to get her fixed like her sisters, so this winter we watched her get fatter and fatter. For awhile I thought she was just really packing on a winter coat. But today she kicked the boys out of their day-nap spot, the warmest and safest place in the whole yard, and popped out some kids. At first I saw only two, but upon further examination later on in the day I counted three sets of ears. They seem to blend in quite well.
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Tow Tow Tow! Merry Crash-mas!

First off, yes all is well. No one is hurt, but it would be my luck to be doing a good deed like driving the huge cardboard boxes we've been accumulating from oversized baby products and Christmas packages to the recycling bins at 6am and hit a slick patch, bump off into a ditch and blow a tire. To add to the unfortuosity, I was on the one two mile stretch of road that we get no signal. I thought it best maybe to just wander off into the woods and disappear.



I managed to get hold of a sleeping Laura by sneaking a text message thru just down the road, and she came and got me. We drove to a clear spot and called for the tow and now we're home again, eating oatmeal and a cup of tea to warm up from the soggy damp morning trudge. I did spill raisins all over the floor when i tried to break them up by shaking the box. Today is the day I should've stayed in bed.

Back Into Circulation

Never doubt my commitment to Sparkle Motion. Got the truck back on the road today. S.M. been out of circulation for a couple months since inspection time. Tyler helped me out with some tires so I didn't have to put down the cash (thanks brostein) and our main man Marty did the rest. His hair is tremendous. I'll have to snap a shot some day. Now we can be off on our own separate ways. If only we wanted to...

I drove it out to RxHS rehearsal today. Buckling down makes the time fly by. Got some stuff done. Only a couple of weeks left so... tick tock. Things are up in the air then. Working on it after a weekend off. Actually, working on it tomorrow morning at 6am. Going on two weeks of real work now. Alright.

The sunset was quite nice on the way home. Funny how a photo never fully exhibits the full effect. Take it or leave it.



And Yuula...

I did her hair.