Driving: My Latest Pastime

So I've been doing a lot of driving lately. Whether it be my normal commute to and from work, going to the gym or driving my parents to and from the airport, I've been making up for all the years I lived away from home and relied solely on public transportation.

The other day I had to change a flat in the parking lot. I must've ran over some glass or something on my way back from my dinner break. Thank God I didn't have to do it on the LIE, that would've totally sucked. Even though it took a while to get the damn tire off (that sucker wouldn't budge), I have to say it felt good changing it on my own (ok, I had some help from one of my co-workers but I was the one that finally got the tire off). It's one of those rites of passages that all men should have to do at least once in their lives. I actually had to change the tire on my Dad's car a while back but he came and helped me with it so I wasn't able to take full credit for it. This time though I jacked the car up and removed those stubborn lug nuts and eventually got the tire off which left me feeling more accomplished.

So now that I'm a full fledged motorist now and am able to make some repairs, it's only fitting that I have to put more money into my car. First it was the brakes and now it looks like I'm goin to have to replace the other 3 tires. I swear, whenever it seems like I'm going to be able to start banking some cash, another friggin thing come up with this car. I guess this comes with the territory when you have a car which is something I didn't have to deal with for almost 13 years. The bottom line is I need to suck it up and get all of this out of the way before the Winter hits.