Today and the near future

My dad just called me into the living room to show me this cool service called LifeLock. They sent him an e-mail notifying him that a car dealership was researching an interest rate by accessing his credit score and credit history. He was there when they were doing it, because he's co-signing a car loan with me. My response: "Well, guess that means you're going to have me arrested for trying to use your credit for my loan?" We both cracked up.

Backing up a little, though: today I sold my Monte Carlo to my good friend Leigh Ann. She'll treat it well, and it will undoubtedly give her lots of good times, as it has for me. After we agreed on a price, I told her she can have it on Thursday, and off I went to Huber Auto to shop for a new one. Really fun! I ended up deciding on a Chevy Malibu 1LT. The only thing it has that I didn't want is a sunroof. It has everything that I do want. I got a GREAT price on it, too (but I won't say exactly how much). So anyway, on Thursday after I drop my Monte off with Leigh Ann, I will be going over to Huber to pick up my new car. I'm pretty excited.

Other than that, today I found out that my awesome trip to NYC to sing with Jackson and Almeda at Carnegie has been canceled. One of the largest choirs that was going to participate has backed out, and the company was forced to cancel the performance. I am bummed about this, because that was probably the only time in my life I will ever have an opportunity to sing at Carnegie... I'm good, but let's face it, I'm not THAT good. My mom and I also had tickets to the Book of Mormon on Broadway, which we will now be selling... Gah! Oh well, at least I had the car shopping to offset this bit of bad news, and I'll still probably take voice lessons from Almeda this summer just for the hell of it.

Next week I am going to Kassie's birthday party in Chicago (probably my favorite U.S. city). I'll be staying there for five days and hanging out with Brett and Kassie and a bunch of her friends in the city. Next week... will be a great week. There will be another post devoted to this.

That's all for now, I'll post car pictures when I get a chance.

-Ryan