Weekend Update

Saturday I was an instructor at BMWCCA's (BMW Car Club of America) Street Survival school which teaches 16-20 year old students car control. We had a skid-pad, braking zones, accident avoidance, and a slalom. I'm pretty sure everyone of the kids loved it. I say kids but I'm only a few years older than the students! It took up the entire day, and I would've rather been at the Richmond Marathon, but I'm still glad I did it.

Sunday I autocrossed in Dinwiddie, at VMP. The temperatures were low and the winds were a constant 12-15 MPH. It made for a very blah day. The race tires couldn't keep warm enough between runs to really feel good about my runs. I had to give up time in lots of places to stay clean and on course. In the end, I did pull together a fantastic clean run--my last for the day. It placed me in 1st in DSP, in front of someone I've battled with all season. I was 12th in both PAX and RAW time. I find that DSP's handicap usually puts you within a place or two of your RAW time, at least when you're in the 5-15 region. There were some fast drivers and cars that showed up yesterday, that's for sure. Again, I'm glad I did it, but would've rather spent the day doing other things. So it was mostly a weekend of car-stuff, which did not include actual car work.

Later on Sunday, the roommate and I went out for a 2 hour bike ride. At one point we ended up in Hollywood Cemetery. This place is rather scary at night, especially having never been there even in the daylight. On the way out we heard a gunshot (coming from city side, not cemetery side), my second or third since moving into the City.

This upcoming Friday, my roommate's friend is moving in with us. This means I need to clean out the office-room. I'm excited to be receiving more rent payments. Maybe I'll even save up and go somewhere, or pay off some debt.