Today was my last full day in Helena. As we all know, in the movies whenever someone is about to retire, they're gonna die. Well, I'm not retiring. I'm just moving. So instead of death, my day was just filled with minor inconveniences and potential embarrassments. First, I was standing there talking with a couple of my coworkers (both female) and then walked away to my car......aaaaaand later realized that there was a huge gaping hole in the butt of my jeans and I have no idea how it got there. Smooth, me. Very smooth. Next, I went to Wal-Mart to buy a new CD for my trip.....after first changing pants, of course. I got to the CD section and completely forgot the name of the group. I was listing off in my head three or four songs that they sing, but couldn't, for the life of me, remember who they were. I browsed the section hoping that I would see it and it would click, but it didn't, so I left. I'm not kidding....immediately as I pulled out of the Wal-Mart parking lot, it hit me. EMERSON DRIVE!! Isn't that always how it goes? I could've turned around, but I had stuff to do. So, I did that stuff and I'm all ready to leave tomorrow morning after work. Or am I?? Not if Murphey's Law has anything to do with it. As I was driving to work, my back left tire went flat. Sweet! Last time I got a flat tire, none of the tire places in town had one that matched the others so they had to order one from Denver and it took three days to get here. So there may be a slight delay in my departure. But I did learn a valuable lesson today. I paid Andrea's brother to change my oil so I could spend my time packing. I learned that when you're changing your oil in your driveway, if you're draining 4 quarts of oil into a container which will only hold roughly 2 quarts, that's most likely going to result in a 2 quart puddle quickly expanding all over the driveway. Who knew?! | 
