"...Saturday in the park..."

Heh.. Counting the subject line of this post, that's three different people who have inspired me today. :)

I woke up this morning, and felt an overwhelming urge to balance my checkbook and set up a budget. I give credit for this in part to the girl I've been talking about, in part to strieson, but most of it still sits with me, for I want to improve my lot in life, ya know, and this is the first step. (The three kind of combine to make one. Or we'll just count me. :))

Second, around noon, I decided I'd go take a look at my car, since that's my transportation, and I really need to get away from this computer more often. Sure, all-day World of Warcraft sessions are fun, but Lord knows I need to be more active. I credit rawee1's post about her Saturday activities for motivating me to get up and get out. :)

Third, the title of this post is a line from a song by a band named after a city. The song name is kind of obvious, but rockcandy76's post kind of gave me the idea, since we all know I like to try to be creative with my post titles. :)

I'm resting now, and the outside of the car looks WORLDS better than it did, and I didn't even use soap on it. (Just a sponge and water was wiping tons of BLACK off of my car. Remember those mop commercials, where they'd pull their brand across the dirty floor, and a clean streak would be there? Uh-huh, that's how bad I let my poor car get. Shame on me.) I'll take it out and wash it properly another day. Probably Monday.

When I go back out, I have to tackle a hanging headliner, and a filty console. Oh, and I'm going to need to vacuum, too.

Interesting side note: I realized today that my car is female. Don't ask me how or why I came to this conclusion, but it hit me suddenly. Now, to think of a name. :)

Oh well, back outside....

"Nowf winds bwow, souf winds bwow, typhoons, huwicanes.. SMOG!"

Grr..

Well, talk about your one-two punches. After I did that last post, I idly looked at my Checking accounting MS Money, and guess what? Something I'd done today totally fried my balance, so I'm going to have to go all the way back to February, and check each month slowly and carefully, to get it balanced again.

When I got irritated enough that I decided to go back outside, and finish working on my car, I heard the distant rumblings of the storm that's been threatening all day. As I type this, it's getting darker, windier, and cooler. *sigh* I am going to get my car done on Monday, do you hear me?! (The bank account thing is a job for NOW.)