August '12 Summary

1. I learned in August the "joys" of selling things on Craig's List. To earn a little extra money to go toward an engagement ring (shh it's a secret...) I decided to try to sell a few things locally and learned a few things pretty quick; like making sure I put "Cash Only. No Trades. No Shipping". It's amazing how many people are proponents of the bartering system or want you to ship them things to Michigan. My experience in general was pretty good. Sold a couple things, and had my time wasted with some others... which brings me to the next topic.

2. I sold my Jeep.

This was a painful transaction in someway. The Jeep was by far my most prized vehicle and a large part of my college experience (good and bad). It had more than it's fair share of problems and after sitting up in my parents shed for more than a year, it was time to let it go. The guy who bought it told me he and his son were going to restore it together so I knew it was going to a good home. I'm still going to miss it on those sunny fall days.

3. I got one year older. I hit the big 31 in fact. I was expecting a nice quiet birthday dinner with Jillian... b/c that's just what she wanted me to think. Turned out she had organized a surprise party for me at Fly Creek Cafe. It took me a second to figure it out when I saw my brother there, initially thought it was coincidence, and then noticed the rest of my family and a couple friends. It was definitely a treat and always enjoyable to be publicly embarrassed by those you care about.

4. Hurricane Isaac was devastating for parts of Louisiana and Mobile... or at least that last part was supposed to be accurate; which is why I took half of my office home with me the Monday before it made landfall. What it turned into was 3 days of me working at home because of a bad thunderstorm. There was some damage though. I had a branch fall on my house and the protective cover I had on my camper was shredded by the wind (pictured below). I did learn something from this experience though. I will never be productive when I work from the house. It's just not possible.