so i spent my last night at bailey's and then said good bye to her and alex this morning. i drove alex back to his house in st. paul and then headed back to wisconsin. i've never made the trip to/from minneapolis by myself. no lie, i was kind of afraid to drive five hours with no one else in the car.

fucking wausau. it seems like that is the traffic black hole of wisconsin. if anything goes wrong to a motorist it more than likely happens in stupid wausau. i've known a couple people who have gotten speeding tickets in friggin' marathon county. case and point: right after entering marathon county and about half an hour from wausau the car starting shaking uncontrollably. i looked in the rearview mirror and saw chunks of my tire flying through the air. i pulled over into the emergency lame, broke out the spare tire, and changed it. all while people went whizzing by at 75 miles an hour in the next lane. some of them were so close that the car shook as their cars passed. stupid wisconsin drivers. so i drove the remaining 150 miles home on a donut tire. not fun. the tire is beyond repair. there is a huge chunk missing from it and the steel belts are frayed. looks like i'll be helping my mom purchase new tires. our family has the worse luck with cars. i suggested that we all just buy new bicycles; it'd be cheaper. the weather is getting warmer out and i plan on biking much more in the coming weeks.

i have to go back to full-time work tomorrow. suckage.