A Tale of Two Mustangs....
Weekly update to my "Around the Country" with Horsepower & Heels Blog. And even a CAR UPDATE to boot!
2007 ROLLING TOTAL: 15,361 miles
Jan 1-8 Orlando, FL 860 miles
Jan 20-21 Orlando, FL 860 miles
Feb 10-11 Birmingham, AL 244 miles
Feb 17-18 Addison, IL 1,680 miles
Mar 3-4 Orlando, FL 860 miles
Mar 16-18 Gainesville, FL 600 miles
Mar 23-25 Greenville, SC 1,238 miles
Mar 31-Apr 1 Atlanta, GA; Huntsville, AL 725 miles
Apr 5-Apr 19 North Alabama 2,175 miles (several trips)
Apr 20-21 Huntsville, AL 552 miles
Apr 26-30 Andersonville, TN; Atlanta, GA 747 miles
May 4-6 Greenville, SC 506 miles
May 8 Mableton, GA 224 miles
May 12-13 Grant, AL 478 miles
May 18 Grant, AL 277 miles
May 25-28 Party Cove 1,296 miles
Jun 9 Mobile, AL 713 miles
Jun 23-24 Atlanta, GA 414 miles (and Atlanta-to-Richmond Air Miles too!)
Jun 26 Stockbridge, GA 448 milesJun 30 Salem, AL 464 miles
Well, I got to pick up my car this week. BOTH of them. I started off the week traveling to Stockbridge to pick up my new daily driver. Consider it a severe form of retail therapy. With all the moving... away from family, friends, and familiarity, and with all the recent hardships I've endured, I felt good to actually get something that I truly wanted for so long... something that I really enjoy driving. The right color (inside & out), the right transmission, and finally, the right ENGINE combo. Now, I don't feel so bad in the parking lot at work. An F350 dually doesn't blend well (or fit well) in the sea of BMW convertibles of my coworkers. It was quite the ordeal to get it (thanks to Chop, who drove 15 hours home from Englishtown, NJ only to jump in a car with me to head over to Atlanta), but I'm glad to have it home!
Then, I got to jump in the truck again to head down to the chassis shop to pick up my racecar. You think I'd be more excited, but looking at it just makes me depressed. After all the waiting, all the working on sponsors and debuts, all the anticipation, and I'm still behind schedule, my sponsors are getting upset, and there still so much left to do. Body work, paint, more chassis work, more money, more time... But, I'm on a mission to get it done. The seat of my racecar has always been one of the most comforting, and soothing places in my life. And with all the stress and trauma my life has endured the last 7 months, I really *need* to be back in that seat.
2007 ROLLING TOTAL: 15,361 miles
Jan 1-8 Orlando, FL 860 miles
Jan 20-21 Orlando, FL 860 miles
Feb 10-11 Birmingham, AL 244 miles
Feb 17-18 Addison, IL 1,680 miles
Mar 3-4 Orlando, FL 860 miles
Mar 16-18 Gainesville, FL 600 miles
Mar 23-25 Greenville, SC 1,238 miles
Mar 31-Apr 1 Atlanta, GA; Huntsville, AL 725 miles
Apr 5-Apr 19 North Alabama 2,175 miles (several trips)
Apr 20-21 Huntsville, AL 552 milesApr 26-30 Andersonville, TN; Atlanta, GA 747 miles
May 4-6 Greenville, SC 506 miles
May 8 Mableton, GA 224 miles
May 12-13 Grant, AL 478 miles
May 18 Grant, AL 277 miles
May 25-28 Party Cove 1,296 miles
Jun 9 Mobile, AL 713 miles
Jun 23-24 Atlanta, GA 414 miles (and Atlanta-to-Richmond Air Miles too!)
Jun 26 Stockbridge, GA 448 miles
Well, I got to pick up my car this week. BOTH of them. I started off the week traveling to Stockbridge to pick up my new daily driver. Consider it a severe form of retail therapy. With all the moving... away from family, friends, and familiarity, and with all the recent hardships I've endured, I felt good to actually get something that I truly wanted for so long... something that I really enjoy driving. The right color (inside & out), the right transmission, and finally, the right ENGINE combo. Now, I don't feel so bad in the parking lot at work. An F350 dually doesn't blend well (or fit well) in the sea of BMW convertibles of my coworkers. It was quite the ordeal to get it (thanks to Chop, who drove 15 hours home from Englishtown, NJ only to jump in a car with me to head over to Atlanta), but I'm glad to have it home!Then, I got to jump in the truck again to head down to the chassis shop to pick up my racecar. You think I'd be more excited, but looking at it just makes me depressed. After all the waiting, all the working on sponsors and debuts, all the anticipation, and I'm still behind schedule, my sponsors are getting upset, and there still so much left to do. Body work, paint, more chassis work, more money, more time... But, I'm on a mission to get it done. The seat of my racecar has always been one of the most comforting, and soothing places in my life. And with all the stress and trauma my life has endured the last 7 months, I really *need* to be back in that seat.
Posted by Erica Ortiz on Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 8:51 PM | Permalink 
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