Day 81 - March 22, 2012 - It's that awkward weather time of year for me

I don't know about anyone else but for me Spring is an awkward weather kind of a phase. If we are lucky here in NY it's beautiful out (like it has been for the past few days) but I still call the weather awkward. I call it awkward because it's still slightly chilly so you feel like you need to take a sweater or jacket with you outside, then you get hot outside and you want to take the jacket or sweater off. So it's too hot with the sweater or jacket on but too cold with the sweater or jacket off. This is the sweater I've been toting around with me lately, the sweater that I've been taking on and off again depending on how I feel.

Day 80 - March 21, 2012 - Old School Diner

I test drove a great car at Westbury Jeep. Shawn wanted to close a deal with them and purchase the car. But when he went there today (3/22/12) the deal fell through. The dealership wouldn't agree to give us new tires with the car purchase. This car we found was going to be quite a bit of money, not a crazy amount, but to us it was a good amount. It was a dodge caliber from 2009. I'm sorry for what we were going to finance new tires would have been a drop in the bucket for them but they wouldn't do it. So we didn't get the car. I'm actually kind of glad, because I know a car that's pretty new is going to be safer and probably easier on our insurance, but I just want a car that's going to be reliable, that will last me a long time as long as I'm not in another accident. But I don't think I'm ready for a car that's anywhere under 5 years old yet, I think I would like to have a couple of years of driving under my belt before I buy a fairly recent car. So because the dealership wouldn't negotiate it probably worked out for the best. After we test drove the car we ended up at the empress diner for some dinner. I was fascinated with the old school floor. Shawn actually helped me with setting up this photo, without him I wouldn't have taken the picture of the booth. 

Day 79 - March 20, 2012 - When will this long commute be over? When will I have a better car and a closer job?

Was on the train again, coming home. I usually am on the train at least 5 nights a week. I'm wondering when I will find a better more reliable car to drive to work with again, so these daily train rides can stop. I'm wondering how long it will take for me to get my score from Nassau County Civil Service so that I can hopefully get into a Nassau County library that's closer to Babylon. Wondering when things regarding work will finally be a little easier. I'm sure I could handle the public library thing much better if I got into a closer library with a more friendlier, down to earth community and hopefully some nicer co-librarians. We'll see.

Day 78 - March 19, 2012 - Now carrying a third bag during my daily commute

Reluctantly I started carrying a lunch bag to work with me again. I can't wait to get a good car that I can drive to work with so I can put my three bags in my car and leave them there until I get to work. For anyone who doesn't know the car we picked up has an extremely rusty undercarriage. Mechanically it's a great car, but because of the rust if a mechanic tries to repair anything certain parts that are very rusty could fall apart which will cause more damage then the initial repair. The car definitely needs breaks, I'm driving on borrowed time every time I take the car somewhere. So even though I'm definitely ready to drive to work again I still can't. I have to drive the car to the train station in the morning, park, pull out my three bags, and then travel on the train and two buses, or one bus when I go to work on Thursday, Saturday or Sunday. I could not carry this bag, but then it limits my lunch time options. My sandwiches that I do bring could be squished in my regular work tote that I lug around, forget bringing fruit without this bag that would be squished in no time. In the afternoon when my food items are eaten I can throw this bag into my tote bag to minimize the carrying on the commute home. Currently we are trying to trade in the subaru for something more reliable that I can start taking to work again. I've had my license for a little over three months and I'm currently looking to find a third car. This is not cool, I hope this third car is a charm, that I don't have an accident with it, and that it will last me a long ass time without any problems. 

Day 77 - March 18, 2012 - Outdoor coffee on the bar and book season has begun...sort of

One of the things that I love most at the house is this bar in the backyard that Shawn's mom bought. It's main purpose is to serve drinks on the occasions that we throw a party in the back yard. But mostly since I started going out with Shawn I've been using the bar when the weather is nice. When I have time off and I'm at home, I grab a cup of coffee, some books and then I go outside and sit in the sun by this bar. There's other chairs that I could relax on besides the outdoor bar stools that accompany this bar but I love this spot in the backyard the best because it seems to get the most sun. Today was the first time in the pre-Spring/Spring/Summer season that I went to the backyard. I didn't really stay out long though, it was sunny but a bit chilly.

Day 76 - March 17, 2012 - Found green items all day

It was St. Patrick's day. St. Patrick's day is one of my favorite holidays, it used to be my favorite when my favorite color used to be green. Although I didn't run around with my camera the whole day like I wanted to, I whipped it out a little. We were at Yosef's house, he had the family over for St. Patrick's day, after dinner I went with Shawn and Uncle Mike to take a walk. We found this crazy house with a collection of odd, antiqueish, gardening and outdoor decor. I snapped some photos while their dog was going nuts barking inside the house. Last minute as we were walking away from the house I noticed this bathtub that they had kind of turned into a planter. I say kind of because noticing it now, the plants inside look liked they could be discarded weeds thrown haphazardly inside this outdoor tub. 

Day 75 - March 16, 2012 - Apple Cravings!

I don't know why but for some reason I seemed to have been craving some apples. When I had my mini candy shopping spree I bought Extra's Dessert Delights gum in Apple Pie flavor, then I went grocery shopping and bought three honey crisp apples because Larry at work said they were really good. Been doing well this past week in regards to fruit and veggie intake. Before you make any assumptions the apple craving is not due to pregnancy, I know for a fact that I'm not pregnant right now.