Cassandra have been over in Troy ever since her breast reduction surgery happened last Monday. Normally, you'd expect the husband/guy to revert back to a bit of a nomadic existance while the kids and wife are away. Instead, I've spent most of my time either working on projects that have been long delayed at work, or trying to figure out what the best car replacement is for my Stratus.
Some may say I've been obsessing over getting just the right car, but these are decisions I don't take lightly because I tend to hold onto cars until they fail. I ran my first car, a Dodge Colt, into the ground after years of commutes between Lansing and Grand Rapids. After about 170k miles, the transmission finally died. I'm running into the same thing with the Stratus right now.
It doesn't help that everyone is over in Troy while I'm doing this. I've been a bit of a wreck, physically and mentally, trying to keep things together and keep people happy at home and at work. When I'm not working, or researching, I'm cleaning the house.
I also found out this weekend that a good chunk of the band Brother Cane are out on the road again with a few guys from Queensryche (who I never really cared for) and Sweaty Nipples (who I loved, from Oregon). Brother Cane in the mid 90s did one of the best covers of 'Whippin' Post' at the Orbit Room and I own and have worn out all of their Virgin records releases. Either way, I am happy to see and hear that they are out and about as 'Slave to the System'.
They are playing at the Intersection tonight but I am still gathering mortgage papers so I can use some of our home equity to get a new car. I can't say enough good things about my employer right now because they are letting me use the company car as my own until I find some type of transportation. A lot of places would not go out on a limb like that for their employees.
If I am lucky, I will be able to catch the show at the Machine Shop in Flint next Saturday, the night before Easter. I'm sure they are putting on a great show tonight, because Brother Cane was always a great live act, and this new CD has a lot of great songs on it.
