July 21, 2002

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve last written. If you didn’t know me better, judging from my last entry, you might have thought that I had committed suicide. Nothing could be farther from the truth! Life doesn’t let me go that easily!

This last week has been completely horrible. Okay, let’s start from the top:

• Monday, I missed work because I was used to my Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday schedule from last summer session. Yeah, I know, it’s a pretty sappy excuse, but it’s true.
• Wednesday, I missed work again because I stayed up on Tuesday night, studying for Chemistry, and the alarm didn’t ring. I woke up, I looked at the clock, and it was three already. My alarm was still set to “buzz”, the useless piece of junk. Anyone care to donate an alarm to me?
• Thursday, I was driving home with Wendy. I refueled right before I left for Northern Parkway, and ten minutes into driving, my car started slowing down. Mind you, at the time, I was not only accelerating, I was also going downhill. The more I accelerated, the slower the car went. The only thing that kept the car going was if I accelerated lightly instead. Occasionally, we faintly smelled some smoke, but we were hoping that it wasn’t my car that was smoking. Amazingly, I managed to get to exit 29 on the LIE before finally stopping in the middle of the highway. Some good samaritan decided to call the cops for us, and we were saved, after about a half an hour to an hour. Fixing this piece of junk cost $470. This car’s repairs have cost more than a new car would have cost. If anybody wants to purchase a fine Nissan Sentra in perfect condition, please let me know.
• Friday, I, of course, missed work, being stranded in the city and all. I needed to get my car from some place in Queens, and they took forever to get it fixed. When I got there, they said that they were fixing it already, but they had ordered the wrong part, so they’re waiting for the new part to arrive. So I waited around, and eventually, they got the new part. But then, they installed it, and it started smoking up. So, they needed another new part, which needed to be delivered. Eventually, they finally got it fixed, at 2:45 or so. I started heading back to Stony Brook, and got stuck in traffic on the way back. Fighting sleep, I slowly crawled through traffic back to my place, at 4 or 5, where I promptly passed out on my bed.

The one redeeming factor is that I did fairly decent on my Chemistry quiz on Wednesday, thanks to Jason’s chemistry tutoring. Yeah, make fun of me all you want, but he helps me pass chemistry, so screw you all!