It’s that time again. Titus and I are going our separate ways and I will soon be living on my own. I began my search this weekend with the intent of moving into a new apartment by mid-September. I organized my search through ProMove, since they have been very helpful in the past. They were able to help me quickly filter my search for little more than the cost of a few moments of my time.
I visited six different properties this weekend. As of Sunday evening, I’ve narrowed my results down to two. One features a near optimal location with superior grounds and furnishings at something of a premium. The other strikes more of a value proposition. I plan to make a decision by this week.
I was in attendance for the ASMS Class of 2000 Five Year Reunion held in Mobile this weekend. The number of attendees was pretty small, but it did include a few choice individuals that I hadn’t seen in years. My most enjoyable moment was touring the ASMS campus and recounting high school memories with old friends. Many commented on how much the school has changed since we were there, but I actually felt like remarkably little had changed. The Auditorium has been completed and the faces of the faculty and students have changed, but ASMS is still very much like we left it.
If there’s one thing the reunion did highlight, it’s how my peers and myself have or haven’t changed since we were in high school. In other words, it made me more fully aware of the need to fulfill certain goals in my life. Hopefully, next time I will be closer to where I want to be so that I can truly look at you without looking back on myself.
I returned to Dothan this weekend to have some work done on my car. I usually also take advantage of the opportunity to visit with friends and family whenever I’m in town, and this was no exception.
I met my old lunch group from the Plant Farley IT department at the Broadway Cafe in downtown Ashford for a hearty meal and pleasantries with former co-workers. Everyone seemed to be in good spirits and I enjoyed the brief reunion immensely.
My Aunt Kathy and Uncle Tinker joined us on Saturday for another excellent lunch at the local Red Lobster and afternoon Cribbage sessions. I’m happy to report that "Team Aunt Kathy and I" carried the day. Yay!
My parents and I enjoyed a private showing of Quentin Tarantino’s remarkable Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. The films contain a lot of Asian cultural references that I found interesting. I don’t think Mom and Dad enjoyed the show as much as I did, but I guess you can’t win ‘em all.
I took Friday off and journeyed down to Dothan to have my Supra’s air conditioning serviced by Lafayette Automotive on the Circle, slightly east of Highway 431. Lafayette worked on the car slightly over a year ago and found a crushed gasket or O-ring that was preventing the compressor from switching on. This year, they found a leak around the sight glass on what I gather was the receiver-drier unit. The fix was much more costly this time around. A sign on the wall rather bluntly stated that the cost of R-134a has risen 400% in the past six months and prices were adjusted accordingly. Ouch.
I took a break from World of Warcraft this afternoon to attend to some to-do’s.
First, I paid my registration fees and booked a hotel room for the ASMS Class of 2000 Five Year Reunion to be held on the weekend of July 29. I’ve requested time off at work and made all the preparations. I will be there. A note to fellow alumni: I was able to reserve my room at the same "special" rate that one Jeff C. assured us would disappear on July 1.
I also cancelled my MBNA credit card, which went pretty smoothly. I never had any real issues with MBNA, other than perhaps their limited support for personal finance software. Rather, I decided that I was better served by a proper cash back credit card and they simply didn’t have any attractive offerings.
