July was one of my most difficult months in many many years. Due to an unusually large number and intensity of life's little challenges, I was unable to get many of the goals I had set accomplished. I did, however, find time to relax, and distract myself with lots of racing, walking, bicycling, and travelling to visit family and friends.
Many of the changes I intended for improving my curriculum did not come to pass, but sometimes in life you just have to roll with whatever comes your way. I guess it's part of that goal-setting thing people talk about. You have to set goals and make plans, but sometimes, for whatever reason, something comes up which requires a change in plan. Being flexible is certainly an asset. Life is change, and that is for certain. How you can work with it will determine your success in life, I'm sure. Also determine your level of stress....
I have done precious little with the web page too. I did add a font command (yay.), picking Arial, since it's easy to read, and it should be in everyone's computer. I use Corel WordPerfect, so some of the fonts I have, most people don't. Arial is the standard font, and by golly it's easy to read.
And the month wouldn't be complete if I didn't include the Heinous Honda....
I was unable to attend Regional #2 and #3, but did attend Regional #4, running in C/SS because I had no interior panels, no door handles, no back seat and no rear bumper. I placed 4th with a 55.2, and was the 7th fastest novice at the event. Still 3.3 seconds faster than the H/Stock leader, and I'm sure the "stripped" version of my car was not a 3.3 second gain in weight savings.
The following week I ran Novice #4, where I placed 1st in H/Stock. I'm still waiting for the official results on that event.
And the next week I ran Regional #5, where also I placed 1st in H/Stock, and was the 10th fastest novice (Blast - I'm slowing down! Too tail-happy: I need to up the back psi).
My paint job turned out adequately. There are defects, but I don't paint cars regularly and frankly, as you're filling and sanding for hours and hours on end, you start saying to yourself "Y'know, I've got better things that I could be doing with my life right now." Although I would have liked it perfect, I'm going to have to take this as a lesson in accepting reality. In my utopian world, there's no such thing as "defects." Unfortunately, since I am bound within this mortal coil, I will have to resign myself to accepting the frail human existance.... with which I am blessed.
Really, though. It's not that bad. I'd post a picture, but I've misplaced my camera. Again.