being my first day off of the week, i decided i should do something. but i slept in. about 10:30 i wake up. mad, because i wanted to get things done, but happy because i slept from about 11pm till then and appearantly didnt roll or toss or move once in my sleep. but i woke up to the familiar chirp of IM. sometimes im tired and lazy enough to leave my speakers on, and generally i dont hear it. today i slept through my alarm. but this woke me up. one message. one ding. and im glad it did. i got to talk to sarah, and she and i hadnt really spoken for quite a while. so after an hour and a half, i thought maybe the day would be ok. thats when i got the phone call about my visa card. that wasnt so good. i ended up mowing and trimming the yards. guh. then stopping at the shop to get my tire fixed. normally, id do this myself. but ive never had a roofing nail go through the deep portion of my tread, stay imbedded, and hardly leak. i wasnt certain, when i looked at it in the day light yesterday, that it had penetrated the inner piles... so i wasnt sure whether or not id have to use a liquid sealant and a tube patch, or just a patch. if i guessed wrong, say for a tube only [aka a plug], i wouldnt be able to seal through the air sealing piles, and it would be much too big a space for liquid sealant. so i broke down and took it in. 14 dollars later, they fixed it and i was back in business. while i waited for them to re assemble i ventured around the shop looking at various chemicals. and i spied a red bottle... called Mothers Back-To-Black. if anyone has seen the jeep, youve noticed the sun/uv fade thats greyed out my handles, rock guards and bumper trim. supposedly this bottle would change that. in the past ive run into shit that claims to work, but its either slimy armor-all wannabes that dont alter the color, or they are just dyes to match the color back. so i bought the bottle. and i have to say, im quite impressed. so much so, that i didnt even know that my rear bumper had a black stripe on it. that impressed. i washed it good with water, let it dry. then applied this stuff on it. and as soon as i put it on, i was in awe. seriously. if you have a car thats got some sun fade on vinyl, plastic, and misc non-metal trim... try this. i couldnt believe it. anyways, just rather bored and was quite excited about how well it detailed out the car. its noticeable.