2000 I30T

2000 I30T
Originally uploaded by shawnkclaiborne.

So I sent a down payment for my car today. I’m flying to Fort Lauderdale Wednesday afternoon
To pick it up. My brother is going with me, I asked him to go tonight and he agreed. He really needed
A vacation and I’m glad he agreed to go. I have booked our flight already, we are flying delta on a cool
Little 50 seat jet. We both have windows seats, window on one side, isle on the other. Elbow room! 

So I took off work tomorrow, not sure what I’m going to do yet. So we’ll get to Florida at about 5pm there
time Wednesday afternoon. I am going to take off Friday so we can take are time coming hope. I want to drive
down to Miami and look around and we’ll stop at Daytona. We may go drive some dragsters in Atlanta on the
way home. So we’ll have 2 full days and 2.5 nights to drive back 14 hrs so we should be able to have some fun
on the way back.

I am so happy I finally got another car, now I just have to sell mine! But it’s not a rush, just don’t need a 3rd car.

I went out and shot pool with my cousin Ryan last night while Marion went to see Stomp with her family. We both
had really good nights out. Anyway I’m going to go spend some time with my Mary 

Night,
Shawn

2000 I30T

2000 I30T
Originally uploaded by shawnkclaiborne.

So I sent a down payment for my car today. I’m flying to Fort Lauderdale Wednesday afternoon
To pick it up. My brother is going with me, I asked him to go tonight and he agreed. He really needed
A vacation and I’m glad he agreed to go. I have booked our flight already, we are flying delta on a cool
Little 50 seat jet. We both have windows seats, window on one side, isle on the other. Elbow room! 

So I took off work tomorrow, not sure what I’m going to do yet. So we’ll get to Florida at about 5pm there
time Wednesday afternoon. I am going to take off Friday so we can take are time coming hope. I want to drive
down to Miami and look around and we’ll stop at Daytona. We may go drive some dragsters in Atlanta on the
way home. So we’ll have 2 full days and 2.5 nights to drive back 14 hrs so we should be able to have some fun
on the way back.

I am so happy I finally got another car, now I just have to sell mine! But it’s not a rush, just don’t need a 3rd car.

I went out and shot pool with my cousin Ryan last night while Marion went to see Stomp with her family. We both
had really good nights out. Anyway I’m going to go spend some time with my Mary 

Night,
Shawn

2002 I35

2002 I35
Originally uploaded by shawnkclaiborne.

So I’ve got less than 2 hrs left at work. I’ve been here 10:30 hrs already…. I took a nap earlier… Ben said I was snoring… LOL

I love this job sometimes, it’s funny I’m getting paid good to take a nap and no one gives a shit.

So I’m still looking for a car, I missed out on this one auction, but it was kind of an ugly color anyway. I am having trouble spending like 15,000 on a car, but that seems like what I need to spend to get a nice one like I want. I’m approved for the loan and I won’t
have any trouble making the payments or anything, it just makes me sick to think about spending that money. Until I sell my car I will have less in the bank than I owe on my car which sounds pretty normal, but I’m just having issues with that.

I would like to just buy a motorcycle right now and keep my shitty car for another 6 months but Marion would have a fit I’m sure. I just don’t want to get in an argument about that right now. I know it’s not the senseable thing to do but I’ve worked my ass
off this year and I think if I want to spend 5,000 or less on a motorcycle it shouldn’t be an issue because I’ve made that working overtime in the last 3-4 months.

All the holidays are coming up so I’ll be working a lot again before too long. We’ll see, I need to make some connections next week and get a game plan going as far as going to school for real estate. I found an old friends office address and number so I’m making it my goal to hook up with him next week and get something going.

If I could work here at Flash and also get some other job lined up I could really sock back some cash and me and Marion could get a house sooner. Which is a big goal to reach but I would like to be in a nice all brick home in Franklin within the next 5 yrs.

I think we will be one way or another; I’d just like to know we could do something that big without anyone else’s help, it would be a nice feeling of accomplishment.

So I guess I’ve went about a week without writing in my blog, big surprise… I knew it was just a matter of time before I screwed up with that.

My boss has asked me to work every Thursday from 8am-5pm for atleast the month of October so that will be a nice chunk of OT.

I’ve taken off work tomorrow, so I need to plan something out so the day isn’t wasted.I don’t think there is anything else worse than pissing away time off from work and I hate being guilty of that so much.

Anyway, I’ll get back to work now. The picture of the car is one I’m going to bid on Tuesday.

Shawn

Lightning only strikes once my ass, this tree has been hit 3 times.

Lightning only strikes once my ass, this tree has been hit 3 times.
Originally uploaded by shawnkclaiborne.

(I wrote this yesterday afternoon)

So guess what? I think I feel better after working today. I know, it’s sad. But I think being around people I know helps me tune out some of life’s worries. I guess it’s sad that I don’t have any friends outside of work but at least I have some here.

Marion and me are going out somewhere tonight, I asked her out on a date last night. It’s kind of odd asking your wife out on a date but she seemed excited, she called to me today to make sure it was still on. I hope we can find something fun to do.

Well, I don’t have much to say; at least I’m in a better mood.

Shawn

I wish I was in vegas walking down the strip

I wish I was in vegas walking down the strip
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I’m just speechless right now, I feel bored and I have to go back to work tomorrow. Sad thing is that I’ll probably feel better after working for some reason.

I need something exciting to happen with my life, just anything… At this point Anything good or bad would at least be something to mix it up.

I guess I’ll find some way to piss away another hour of life and then I can go
To bed.

Shawn

Mom feeding the geese

Mom feeding the geese
Originally uploaded by shawnkclaiborne.

So it’s 10:20pm and Marion is trying to wash out some of the dark color from her hair that she just added in a day or two ago.
I really like her with dark hair and I’m annoyed that she is already trying to make it lighter… anyway, she’s going to start cutting hair full time in 3 weeks, I’ve very happy that she finally went for it. She’s just flipping out and on top of my weird ass day I’m just ready to go to bed. I think I find sleep to be an outlet for stress, I can just go and fall asleep and it seems that things will be better when I wake up. I know that’s kind of childish but it seems to help me sometimes.

I was in Kroger’s today shopping and some sad soft rock song (something shitty) came on the radio and pushed me further into depression. There are just so many sad things going on in my life right now that I can’t do anything about, then there are other things I can do something about but it’s just figuring out how to fix the problems.

I’m really having a hard time with my mom’s issues lately. Having my brother tell me in tears that mom can’t even clean her own self up after using the bathroom really hit me hard. I’ve been really sad about that the last 2 weeks. It’s just sad that I can’t even take my mom to town now to do anything, what If she’ll have to use the bathroom before we get home? It makes me really angry that she is in this state she is in, I’m not angry at her or anything, it’s just the situation that makes me so upset. But I know there are lots of things in the life you can not change. I’m just really having a hard time dealing with this lately. I’m not trying to be selfish, but it’s hard to keep things going ok in my life when my mom is like that, and it’s just
making me unstable.

Anthony, a friend at mine at work lost his mom to Alzheimer’s 10 or 15 yrs ago. I talk to him sometimes, it’s nice to be able to talk to someone who understands, but I lost it at work the other day and it was very embarrassing. I don’t know that I need to do, but I need to figure something out and soon. I just can’t take it anymore..

Shawn

My old front yard

My old front yard
Originally uploaded by shawnkclaiborne.

Well a friend of mine who know a lot about nissans said for me not to buy that 2002 altima I’ve been looking at.

So I guess I’m back to the great car search…. I have found a 2000 Camry and a 1999 toyota Avalon. The Avalon looks like a nice car, I’m not sure if it would get much better mileage than my maxima, but it looks a lot better than the Camry that’s for sure.

I’ve already been at work 3.5 hrs; today is going by pretty fast. I think I’m going to try and just take a 30 min lunch so I can leave at 5:30. Someone today Im’ed me and asked if I was doing ok, I guess it’s apparent that I don’t really feel like being here today and I really don’t.

So I burned the shit out of my mouth last night with a 300 degree grilled potato. I know I bitch about everything but it really hurts like a mutha. So I really didn’t get to enjoy my dinner at cookout, I really hated dragging in over there so late. I asked Marion if they were going to do anything for the holiday and she acted they never do. So I agreed to work and I hated missing out on it… Oh well, my dad really needed my help today building an addition onto his house down in prim springs, but you know… when someone asks for help the day before when you agreed to come in and work 2-3 weeks ago you just can’t drop everything for them, even if you want to…

Anyway, that kind of ticked me off…. I know he has other things on his mind but if you need help you need to ask Someone every now and then. I guess I’m in a lot worse of a mood than I originally thought I was this morning…

I need to eat something, I just don’t know what, everything around here is bad for me too… I’m going to see about joining the Franklin Athletic Club, I figure if something costs me enough I’ll be determined to stick to it.

Anyway, maybe I’ll write something later, this day is just sucking.

Shawn

Hillsboro Acres

Hillsboro Acres
Originally uploaded by shawnkclaiborne.

So it’s about 12:30 on this wonderful day.

I’ve only got 7.5 hrs more to go…. Damn

So we’ve all been sitting around work today talking, we’ve been having a good time. I am looking forward to tomorrow, I can check on my stocks I’m watching and after tomorrow I’ll have 2 days off. I’m not quite sure what I’m going to do with my days off, but it will just be nice to have the time off.

I need to go see family this week. The cookout at my in-laws last night was nice, Marion Drank a little too much though, but I guess it’s nice to kick back like that. I always have To work of drive home so I never get to do that. I think I’ve been drunk once and that Was when I was 17, I got a good buzz like a month ago, but I was fine.

We had a good time last night though, it would be nice if I was off work today. But here I am. My dad, mom, and brother are down at dad’s property down in Primm Springs, Tn.

I don’t really don’t have too much to talk about it, I just want to keep my blogg current. If I stop then I’ll quit writing for another 6 months. I doubt anyone reads this thing anyway. I just get comments posted from get rich quick or porno sites it seems. Oh well, At least I get to vent somewhat and I guess it’s worth it in that aspect.

I’ve been thinking it might be smart do buy an acre or 2 next to my dad’s property, I don’t really want to live out there, but if we had a sudden decline in income it could be useful. I
think if I could buy an acre with cash, put up a 2-car garage just to have some storage And something to fall back on that would be nice. Marion would probably think it’s a dumb Idea though. I’d really like us to get a house in Franklin around the area her parents live. It would shave drive time off for both of us. There is a really nice house in Hillsboro Acres, it’s 184,900 though. I would want to have a very big down payment before we got into something like that though. 140-150 Loan would be ok, but I just don’t want to get over Extended.

Marion is going back over to her parent’s house today, I think they are going to have another
cookout today. So when I get out of this place tonight I guess I’ll be heading back over there.
Maybe I’ll get some dinner.

Have a good day, here is a pic of that house.

Shawn