Been a hot minute since I've checked in. Yeah I'm still alive and kicking. Wife's been having some health issues going on over the summer that we hope will be taken care of soon.
The car search is still ongoing, in fact I'm in the middle of "negotiations" on one but they're being hard headed because of the uaw strike even though afaik I'm the only one that has made an offer on it in the 38 days it's sat on their lot so far. I didn't make a low-ball offer either, I offered right in the middle of what KBB says it's worth, they have it priced above KBB. Almost bought one of my dream cars but I passed on it for a few reasons. It was a '09 Pontiac G8 GT, showroom new condition even though it had 75k miles on it. The owner even vacuumed and wiped down the interior after every drive. Was such a beautiful car I couldn't turn it into my daily driver. Plus the owner really didn't want to sell it but has 6 cars. He contacted me the other day asking if I'd be interested in one of his other cars.
Work has turned into a depressing place because one person couldn't take a joke. They got a free paid day off while the rest of us got our a**es chewed out. So now all the holiday party's for the rest of the year have been cancelled cuz it all started with someone's birthday party a month ago. All the coworkers agreed no more party's till that person retires, quits or gets fired. It's so quiet there now you can literally hear the bugs skitter across the floor lol.
I've been listening to a lot of Dale Earnhardt jr podcasts to kill time while I work now. Speaking of him put out a series on his dad called Becoming Dale Earnhardt about his dad's first season in Winston Cup series, well worth listening to if you're a fan of NASCAR in the late 70's early 80's.