This is my new car. Its a 2002 Mazda Protege. It only cost me $4788 which is $3,000 less than the blue book value. The main reason for it though is because it has almost 160,000 miles on it. Kinda high but these foreign cars last a while. The body is in excellent condition and the interior show nearly no signs of wear. Considering I just wanted something cheap I am happy that I got something sporty that looks halfway decent.
It’s been busy lately and because of it I have been slacking at blogging. I have completely re-done almost every website I own, but have yet to blog anything. The combined value of all of my websites now earn around $500 a month which I still find hard to believe. And you would think I would do more to increase that number. Life has been taking its toll around here and not only do I have my fair share of personal problems but working a new job takes its fair share as well.
I am at Campbell now, still have my SGT. I didn’t quite understand then what some people meant when they told me if I am still an E-5 on my ERB at my next duty station to put it back on, with a little wink. I guess they lost the paperwork on all of us, or they did something that prevented any of us from having the bogus article 15 on our records. Either way I am happy.
Campbell isn’t much, but its a big change from Korea. I have a 1700 sq. ft. 4 bedroom, 2 bath, house with a yard, my wife has her minivan that she wanted and I have my little 5-speed mazda. Both are 2002, so they aren’t new but they are still half-way decent. I didn’t get the Caliber. I wanted to leave for Campbell on the 22nd of Feb, and they couldn’t deliver it until the 25th so I canceled it and got a refund of the down payment. I took a total of 46 days of leave and probably spent close to $7,000 for mainly shopping, hotels, skiing, and other fun stuff. Granted some of the shopping was a car seat, stroller and washing machine, but its still a lot of money. (Still don’t have a dryer).
Anyway I am going to try and start blogging again. Not sure why I do it, but it seems like its a good reference for the future now that this blog is well over a couple years and I can look back and read some of the stuff that has happened in my life.
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