Tiny Reflections

My Granny used to tell us kids all the time, “Take care of your fucking teeth.” and she was pretty mean about making us brush our teeth every night before we went to bed. I still do that, because the old woman was dead on.

When your tooth hurts, nothing goes right. A toothache never goes the fuck away by itself. You’ve gotta haul your ass down to the dentist and fork over way too much cash money to make the pain stop.

When I see the dentist this afternoon I’m going to make him give me some of that laughing gas shit so I don’t feel anything at all. I can’t deal with sitting in a dentist chair, but this toothache has got to go.

Have you met the floor? I got memories, let me tell you. Ever heard the saying, “One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, Floor”? LMAO – yep – been there.

I am starving and definitely do not feel like cooking. I am going to the Road House Steak house to eat and I am going to pig out on steak and baked potatoes and whatever else my heart desires. I fucking love a good steak house. There is nothing better to a man than that. I want some beer with my dinner and I just might sit at the bar and watch the TV’s to see what game is on. The chicks who work there are awesome as well. I used to date the bartender and I know that she is working tonight. Which means I will get excellent service while I am there since we parted on good terms.

I never take dates there because of it either. I prefer to make this a place where I only go by myself or with the guys. It works out better for me that way. Damn, I can already taste that porterhouse now and the loaded baked potato as well. I cannot wait till 5 o’clock to get here. You know, I just might take in a movie while I am out tonight. There are a couple of really good ones in the theater right now that I really want to see.

I am going to The Tavern for the pool competition tonight. Last time I played I got second place and won some money to boot. I want first place tonight. Two of my brothers are meeting me there and we are going to try to take all three places so that our last name is the only one on the board. I think it would be neat to see that. The Tavern is our local watering hole. We spend at least one night a week there and a few Sundays when they have the BBQ and band out doors.

It is a lot of fun and we know just about everyone who goes. We have lived here all of our lives after all. We have dated just about all of the chicks that hang out in the fucking place too. As you can tell by my lack of a wife, I haven’t met one worth marrying yet. Maybe one day, but I doubt I meet her at the Tavern. Doesn’t matter though as I am in no hurry to settle down with a family anyway. Even my parents hang out with us there from time to time, since mom used to work there long ago.

My water pump on my car went out and over heated the fucking car. Since it is a four cylinder it probably blew the head gasket as well. That means a trip to Advanced Auto Parts to get what I need to fix the problem. I will have to change the timing belt when I fix the water pump because they are connected. The timing belt drives the water bump in this car. It kind of sucks but it is what it is. I have to remove the head and make sure it isn’t warped or cracked.

It is a good thing I can fix most of this by my self, be cause it would cost me over twelve hundred dollars if someone else did it. I am lucky my father taught my brothers and I how to work on our own vehicles. He is an amazing man who really took the time to teach us how to be men. I will probably call him to help me with this just so I can spend some time with him while we do it. I know he will be happy to come over and help out. Well I am off to the auto parts store to get everything I need to fix it.