Seventh Time's the Charm

I played Nintendo last night for the first time in probably over a year - Super Metroid. I got to the really hard guy that gives you the Varia suit - he's like a dragon that shoots out surfboards and Chinese stars. Anyway, Quentin has always killed this guy for me - ALWAYS. I can't remember ever killing him myself. So, last night I got to him - and no Quentin. So here I go, getting killed over and over again, and getting extremely frustrated. Finally, on the seventh try, just as I was about to die again, this dragon starts dissolving into the victory fireworks (as I think of them), and I HAD HIM. I was so thrilled. I just wanted to tell about this.

One more story from yesterday. Mom and I had planned to go to Boone to see Megan and Isabella. It was pouring down rain, and Mom had called that morning wondering if we should go another time. Well, I thought we would do all right, so we planned to go on anyway. When I got to Mom's house, she was waiting on her carport with her umbrella in hand. I wanted to get as close as possible so she wouldn't have to get too wet. So, I pulled up beside her car, putting my car in her yard. But I was close. So she came on and got in. I put the car in reverse to back out, and nothing happened. We were stuck in the mud. The harder I tried to get out the stucker we got. There was mud flying all over both our cars by then. We just looked at each other and laughed. What can you do. So we went in, and I called my dear husband who always helps me out. He said, "Well I guess you better call somebody to pull you out." Fine. So me and Mom got in her car and went down the road to a garage. I asked them about pulling my car out and how much it would cost. The guy said, $125.00. I couldn't believe it. Well, much to my relief, another guy was in there and said that he could probably just put a chain on his pickup truck and get me out. I asked him how much, and he said, "Oh, about $20.00." So, that is what happened. Still $20.00 was a hard lesson, but a lot better than the alternative. After all that, Mom REALLY thought we shouldn't go to Boone (she thought it was a sign), so we will try to go next week.