Stephanie Brooks
02-16-2005, 04:29 PM
Cast of Characters So Far (w/ changed names, except of course for lil' ol' me ;) ):
Wife: Tracy
Daughter, 6 years old: Alice
Husband, CD: Stephanie
Husband, Drab: Steve
Girl Buddy: Blade
Young Girl Buddy: Ice
Counselor: Bruce
Old ride: 1997 BMW 318ti
New ride: 2005 Acura RSX Type-S
Wife's ride: 2002 VW Passat V6
There's been much happening and evolving in recent weeks, some of which began or occurred prior to the last chapter, but that's how things are. Note that this is a Good News chapter.
HOME
We're still probably headed toward divorce. We've had some terrible arguments of late, but - I'm wearing underclothes on a regular basis, and Tracy's trying to accommodate my "list". We're not far from covering all of the important elements, and I'm working to get all of them in the coming weeks. This is a list that contains my minimum requirements, accounting for Tracy's needs. (It's okay to see there's a bit of optimism here.)
I recently ordered a new watch. Big deal, huh? 22 years ago Tracy gave me a watch for our engagement. I've worn it ever since. It's a Seiko that gains roughly 1/3 to 1/2 second each day. Being rather anal timewise this is a good timepiece. On the back is engraved our initials and the date of our engagement. That watch still works, but for now I need to keep an emotional distance. Accordingly I've ordered a new Seiko that should arrive in the next week.
I still wear the wedding band. That stays on as long as we're officially married.
WORK
Work couldn't be better. Okay, it could, but then I'd need to be working for a place like JPL (you know, the folks that help bring space probes to other worlds) or Google (Google them to see who they are). Some of you may recall I was working on an impossible deadline recently. That couldn't have gone better, given the circumstances. Accordingly, my project has changed as per my recommendations. Yay!!!!!
Additionally, I was able to help a colleague at a university over the last months. She's a young girl whom I'll call Ice. She's bright and adorable. Yesterday I was able to make things happen between my company, another company, and her university. Ice is a good kid, and will do well. She's in a masters program for computer engineering.
RIDE
From a prior thread, you may recall I recently changed rides. The little BMW 318ti decided it wanted to consume its wholesale value in a service call. This is - er, was a car with low mileage (7.5 years, 60K miles) and was well maintained. Fine. The Ultimate Driving Machine it may be, it has the maintenance appetite of a 12 metre yacht. It was time for replacement.
The best option was the Acura RSX Type-S. While I was interested in replacing the 318 with a 325Ci (coupe) in a year or so, I didn't care to spend the extra money now. Given the home situation with a pending divorce, we could have had our own little power contest regarding money et al. We didn't.
The new RSX Type-S is heavenly. There is no compromise with this car in comparison with the BMW. Sure, a Bimmer would have been nice, but the RSX is a very sweet ride. It was also much less expensive; a new Bimmer would have been much more! Besides, the RSX is a girl car.
Fwiw, Tracy has a car she wanted, the Passat listed in the "cast". She's not getting shortchanged in the transportation category.
NEXT
Who knows what's next? Things have been bloody crazy. However, events over the last few days have just been so good in absolute terms that I just wanted to post.
Wife: Tracy
Daughter, 6 years old: Alice
Husband, CD: Stephanie
Husband, Drab: Steve
Girl Buddy: Blade
Young Girl Buddy: Ice
Counselor: Bruce
Old ride: 1997 BMW 318ti
New ride: 2005 Acura RSX Type-S
Wife's ride: 2002 VW Passat V6
There's been much happening and evolving in recent weeks, some of which began or occurred prior to the last chapter, but that's how things are. Note that this is a Good News chapter.
HOME
We're still probably headed toward divorce. We've had some terrible arguments of late, but - I'm wearing underclothes on a regular basis, and Tracy's trying to accommodate my "list". We're not far from covering all of the important elements, and I'm working to get all of them in the coming weeks. This is a list that contains my minimum requirements, accounting for Tracy's needs. (It's okay to see there's a bit of optimism here.)
I recently ordered a new watch. Big deal, huh? 22 years ago Tracy gave me a watch for our engagement. I've worn it ever since. It's a Seiko that gains roughly 1/3 to 1/2 second each day. Being rather anal timewise this is a good timepiece. On the back is engraved our initials and the date of our engagement. That watch still works, but for now I need to keep an emotional distance. Accordingly I've ordered a new Seiko that should arrive in the next week.
I still wear the wedding band. That stays on as long as we're officially married.
WORK
Work couldn't be better. Okay, it could, but then I'd need to be working for a place like JPL (you know, the folks that help bring space probes to other worlds) or Google (Google them to see who they are). Some of you may recall I was working on an impossible deadline recently. That couldn't have gone better, given the circumstances. Accordingly, my project has changed as per my recommendations. Yay!!!!!
Additionally, I was able to help a colleague at a university over the last months. She's a young girl whom I'll call Ice. She's bright and adorable. Yesterday I was able to make things happen between my company, another company, and her university. Ice is a good kid, and will do well. She's in a masters program for computer engineering.
RIDE
From a prior thread, you may recall I recently changed rides. The little BMW 318ti decided it wanted to consume its wholesale value in a service call. This is - er, was a car with low mileage (7.5 years, 60K miles) and was well maintained. Fine. The Ultimate Driving Machine it may be, it has the maintenance appetite of a 12 metre yacht. It was time for replacement.
The best option was the Acura RSX Type-S. While I was interested in replacing the 318 with a 325Ci (coupe) in a year or so, I didn't care to spend the extra money now. Given the home situation with a pending divorce, we could have had our own little power contest regarding money et al. We didn't.
The new RSX Type-S is heavenly. There is no compromise with this car in comparison with the BMW. Sure, a Bimmer would have been nice, but the RSX is a very sweet ride. It was also much less expensive; a new Bimmer would have been much more! Besides, the RSX is a girl car.
Fwiw, Tracy has a car she wanted, the Passat listed in the "cast". She's not getting shortchanged in the transportation category.
NEXT
Who knows what's next? Things have been bloody crazy. However, events over the last few days have just been so good in absolute terms that I just wanted to post.