Well, sorta kinda … have no car to cruise in at night. The other day the Firebird gave me issues with starting, then made this horrible grinding noise coming from the cowl area. I boosted it and it was fine but then it died once again with that horrid grinding. Bought a new high torque starter as well as an Optima battery. With the cam and increased timing, I don’t think my battery has enough power. So tomorrow I’ll have her towed and fixed. I think the Bendix may have a bent tooth but that’s a simple fix. The starter is HEAVY!

But it’s been so nice at night and I can’t cruise

Did take out my daily driver to look at the water, as we are having abnormally high tides. The boat launch was underwater last night and I watched one couple come close, then realize they simply could not bring their boat in since you have to back your vehicle with trailer down a 100 foot ramp that was underwater. Tomorrow if I have the Firebird back I’ll go out plus will take pics.

Got to talk to my guy the other day but I do miss his emails … I feel like we’re drifting apart or something. He’s a phone/text kinda guy, and I’m an email kinda gal. My words flow much easier when I can sit down and type and I can talk to him that way and ask about him and learn about him. I hate texting as those keys are tiny and you can’t just use 2 hands and type quickly. Phone is ok though mine runs out of battery quickly and gets REALLY hot after a few minutes. It’s time for a new one, I know … I’ll search one of these days. But he has mentioned visiting me on vacation which kicked up all my insecurities! I guess a big part of me just can’t see why this amazing guy would want ME other than the hair, and a big part of me feels the opposite, that he’s damned lucky to have me.

Car that’s in restoration is THISCLOSE to being done. I thought it would go for the exhaust this week and it still might, but it needed a proportioning valve yesterday when the brakes failed. Theoretically that was done today along with some last-minute wiring, but I’ll call tomorrow and see. I know it’s within days of having the exhaust which is the last step, then it goes to my Firebird mechanic for less than a week for all the cosmetic stuff (dash components, rocker panels, etc). I’m pretty excited.

This weekend I’m going to a huge car show with my car show friend. He called me to remind me of a show Friday night which I’d forgotten about, then asked if I wanted to go Saturday or Sunday to the big show. Another friend is going on Sunday (the guy with the DeLorean) so I’m not quite sure yet.

Still updating sites and should have one or two finished before the holiday. I’m very close on the hairy video site … just need to tweak it some more

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