Wow, that was a pretty busy weekend, at least for us.\u00a0 Especially since we didn’t really have anything planned.\u00a0 Friday wasn’t anything special, but fun I guess.\u00a0 I started off after work with another round of the now-hated physical therapy on my shoulder.\u00a0 It is really doing some good, but at the cost of some rather extreme discomfort.\u00a0 Should just be another few weeks though;\u00a0 I’m going to run out of money or patience soon.\u00a0 After that I met Donette at the Brooksider, where K.B. and Bruce joined us briefly.\u00a0 I wasn’t in much of a mood for that place though, so we went down to Carmen’s for some dinner.\u00a0 It was solid as always;\u00a0 We had calamari and salads to start things off, then split a plate of linguine diablo for dinner, which is probably my favorite item on the menu.\u00a0 The big plate of pasta effectively ended us for the night, we went straight home and went to bed.<\/p>\n
Saturday was looking like a fine, fine day out, so I rolled my motorcycle out in the driveway for\u00a0the first of my planned “updates.”\u00a0 I was wanting to clean up the rear fender in some fashion, and finally decided on using the directions I found on this page<\/a>.\u00a0 I followed the directions very precisely, even using the same color masking tape, which may or may not have been important.\u00a0 Can’t be too careful.\u00a0 As with every other project that involves me and tools, it took a lot longer than advertised, but I managed to get everything back together and functional.\u00a0 I also took the opportunity to meet the guy across the street, who is something of a gear-head.\u00a0 He was out working on his huge mud-mobile 4×4, so I strolled over to chat.\u00a0 Compare manly mechanical projects, you know.\u00a0 I’m sure he was duly impressed;\u00a0 For a second I thought I saw him roll his eyes but it was pretty bright out, probably just the glare.\u00a0 Actually I was hoping he had some kind of tool I could use, but no luck.\u00a0 He excitedly pulled out some air tool that looked like it would be more appropriate to sawing the bike in half than trimming up a little plastic.\u00a0 Thanks but no thanks, I’ll just run up to Sutherlands.\u00a0 Anyway, I dubbed the project a success.\u00a0 Pretty minor update but I was excited about it all the same.\u00a0 If I had it to do again, I would definitely pay a little more attention to the way things came apart, particularly what electrical connection went where. \u00a0 (Yes, for those of you trying to recall, I was<\/strong> an electronics major at CMSU.\u00a0 Nine years of college down the drain<\/strong><\/em>.)\u00a0 Luckily there were only six connections, a little trial and error got everything working.\u00a0 I even put up a few pictures<\/a> of the project in the photos section.\u00a0 There was still plenty of daylight left when I got done, so Donette hopped on the scooter and we rode out to Martin City to enjoy a limeade at Sonic.\u00a0 After Sonic we took a rather circuitous route home, stopping by to visit a co-worker and just generally enjoying the day.\u00a0 We didn’t do much that night, just watched “Anger Management.”\u00a0 I would say it’s probably the worst movie ever made, we didn’t even make it all the way to the end.\u00a0 It would seem that, in our quest to select movies that both us might enjoy, we keep finding ones that neither of us can stand.<\/p>\n