And It Doesn't Look a Mile Over 5,000...

It happened yesterday. For almost half a month I've been keeping an eye on the odometer, making sure that I wasn't going to miss this special occasion. Saturday I made my weekly trek to Brent and Amber's so that I could do my laundry and I saw that it was about it turn so after dropping off my cloths I took a spin around the block then went to the church parking lot of photograph the occasion of it going from this...

...to this...

Afterwards Brent and I took apart the dashboard and he barely pushed in a group of wires and the gas and oil lights began working again. It's only run out of gas twice on us since the lights stopped working but now, hopefully, it won't happen again.

Football is Back!

After being in the South for two years you gain a greater appreciation for the game commonly known as "Football" Needless to say I was excited for this season to start. I paid more attention to rankings, I paid more attention to conferences and I paid more attention to how I looked when I went to the game.


Back when I was in Montgomery I was walking through the Wal-Mart on Ann St (I'm sure you're all familiar with that one) and in the salon that they have there I saw a bottle of Blue Ice Spiker Gel for 60% off. It was just too good of a deal to pass up. At that point football season may have been 6 months away but that wasn't going to stop me from getting prepared.

So there I was decked out with blue hair and all and it was off to the game I went. And from there things didn't turn out quite as planned. It turns out that Jonah's Sportspass never made it through and so he won't be atteneding the games. Truely a tragity. I got to my seat on the East Blechers about ten rows from the top 20 minutes before the game started. The sun was beating on me and at that point some common sense kicked in and I thought to myself "I am going to get fried out here, I need sunblock. My hair is spiked and my scalp is exposed, that's going to kill!" I called my dad to see if he had any sunblock at the game, but he didn't. I went over to go see him and John anyway and it just so happened that they had bought new hats so my Dad let me use his old one. That is one of the few times that you will see me wearing a hat when I'm not forced to at work, I'm not a hat person.

The game didn't turn out as well as I had hopped. Sure we won 41-17 but there were too many fumbles and they just didn't look as sharp as the Crimson Tide did against Clemson. Roll Tide!

Results

Yeong is in the left and Jun is on the right

He's okay! The test results came back last night and he doesn't have TB. I didn't get the call until about 9:30 this morning so I spent the night in the Hotel again. Overall it was good times. I got to sleep in a queen sized bed with three pillows and I got $20 worth of free food.

Adventures In TB

You may be wondering, "What is Will wearing a mask for?" The answer is quite simple, my new roommate has tested positive for Tuberculosis.

On Monday of this week it was just me and my Korean roommate, Jun, living in our apartment made for six. It was nice, nobody else's dishes to deal with, no having to share a bathroom. On Tuesday morning a sleepingbag appeared on the bed in my room. I was informed that it belonged to a guy moving in named Jeff. That was okay, I was expecting a kid named Jeff to move in. The odd thing is that to this day I have never laid eyes on Jeff. A sleepingbag is on his bed but it hasn't been touched. Then, Tuesday evening Yeong (pronounced Young) moved in. He too is from Korea. I think it's rather easy to tell Jun and Yeong apart but one of Jun's Korean friends saw Yeong and thought it was Jun and thinks they look very similar. He was shocked I could tell them apart.

As most of you know I work at Jamba Juice. It's a great working environment and I enjoy it. Today as I was at Jamba I was in the back and I felt my phone vibrate. I pulled it out and saw that I had a new voicemail. I didn't recognize the number that I missed and I thought I should check it because it might have been from an HR lady that I try as I might I can't get ahold of (more on that in another post). Well, it wasn't her. Rather it was a lady from my aprtment complex telling me that it was extreemly important I call her back before I return to my apartment. I thought I'd call her back right then, even though we are not supposed to have our phones on us at work I thought this sounded important. It was. It turns out that Yeong's TB test came up positive. She was calling me to tell me that the code to our apartment had been changed, we were not to go in without a mask and that she had booked a hotel room for us to stay in if we need it that our meals would be on the apartment complex. Yeong would have some more testing done and we would see if he really does have tuberculosis.

Meanwhile, here's the place that I get to spend the night. It's not much but at least I don't have to sleep on Brent on Amber's couch. It's not that I wouldn't mind, I just don't know how they would react. They have a newborn and I'm kicked out of my place because of a TB scare... They are kind enough to let me use their computer this evening though for my first blog entry, after I washed up and didn't touch anything or come near Elizabeth.

I'll be sharing the room with a Jeff. I say "a Jeff" because I found out talking to the apartment lady that there are going to be two kids named Jeff in my apartment. Two Jeff's and two Koreans... Well, two Koreans if one of them isn't shipped out of the country. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

So that's it for this entry. I'll let you know how things turn out as soon as I know anything more.