Grandma Dalen Died

After about thirty minutes of trying to sleep the pager went off for a call. But it was about seven in the morning so I decided not to go. I was way too tired. About fifteen minutes later I got a phone call from Mom. I had a feeling what it would be. I was correct. My grandma had died over-night. So now I had to figure out how to get to North Dakota.

Instead of going to bed, which I tried to do I kept getting phone calls and the pager kept going off so I just got up to start the day. Chris said I did not have to be at the dev meeting today. I checked in my last change for this release. Ryan got a hold of me to see if I could go with him to get a car.

I went to Paradise Ford. He planned on getting a vehicle he did not totally want, but it was what he could afford. Then I saw a really nice looking year-old Explorer. That is what he wanted, but he wanted a new car. We looked at it anyway and took it for a test drive. Ryan was really liking it.

So we went in the dealership office to start to deal with pricing and what not. After getting the credit information from Ryan, we went to Taco Bell for lunch while we waited to hear back. Finally we got word they had something that would help Ryan get the car.

But as we looked at the figures it was bad. They were talking a thirteen percent interest with more than a four-hundred dollar monthly payment over six years. Interest would be nearly ten grand. I was pretty much doing all the work for this. Ryan was letting me do the negotiation. I had talked to John on my way over, because he had been a car dealer for a while. So I got a lot of information from him. With what he gave me I was able to deal.

The guy would not reduce his price at all. He was set on the twenty-grand for the car and Ryan was willing to do it, even though it was a very bad deal. I kept Ryan from doing it. We told them we were going to leave and look everything over. I called John back and told him what had happened. He told me some things the guy there told me were wrong. John said that we should expect a call from the in the morning.

Ryan and I had decided to go see a movie. We went to see Date Movie. The movie had its moments. There were some good laughs. Mostly early on in the movie. The nailgun to the head was my favorite part of the movie.

I went to my office after dropping Ryan off. I was working on the Thunder Website as well as playing some poker. I was there until about midnight. I was tired as I have been up for more than thirty-six hours with only a little thirty minute nap this morning.

On the way Ryan called to see how I was doing and if I wanted to talk about my grandma. I was telling him how I felt. I hate to see people die. I hate to give up on life. I am glad my mom decided to allow my grandma a chance to fight to survive. But there is also a relief for my grandma. It was exhausting in her condition. It seems that it was her time.

My phone cut out before I had a chance to really talk to him because the battery died. So I got home and threw it on the charger. I called Ryan back and talked to him about some car stuff. I had also looked up other Ford Explorers online while I was in the office. I was letting him know what I found and he was telling me what he found. We decided to get together tomorrow.