Saturday night I joined Sox and some of her co-workers for a trip to Western Speedway to see the hit to pass night. Many people have asked me what hit to pass racing is. In a word it is mayhem. To be able to legally pass someone the driver is supposed to make contact with the other car. Rear end him, side swipe him, spin the other guy, or even get in front of the other person and tap the brakes. Failure to do this will resultsin a warning. Fail to do this a couple times, and the driver might get black flagged. Fun!

There were several classes of racing. Claimers were the only non hit to pass class that night. Claimers are an interesting category in that anyone at the track can go to the front office before the night is done and put down a claim on the car. Something like $349. It is a cheap way to get into racing.

Besides claimers there were demo cars, demo trucks, and mini figure-8’s. Demo cars and trucks both race on the full track, with all the hit to pass rules. Mini figure 8’s are small 4 cylinder cars that follow hit to pass rules, but race on a figure 8 race track on the main straightaway. Crazyness ensues. Watching the cars criss cross is a little hairy at times, but thoroughly entertaining. When cars start breaking down, the track gets clogged and the mayhem increases.

Very, very fun night. Add in hit chocolate, a burger, and onion rings. Great redneck fun for little money.

Yesterday Sox and I had the yard sale we had been hoping to have for a very long time. I had a few concerns about it when we were getting ready (cost of the ad was $27, I wasn’t sure we would have enough stuff, would we price thing correctly, would anyone come since it isn’t exactly prime sale season, would the weather behave, etc).

It actually worked out perfectly. We didn’t sell everything, but we did get rid of all the big items we really wanted to unload. Most of our stuff sold, and we didn’t have to drop our prices too much. There was lots of traffic. I’m not sure if the amount of people was due to our location, our signage, or our ad (there was definitley a few people who happened upon us). And to top it off, with only a couple hours to go, the sun came out.

It was awesome. We have a few small boxes of things to drop off at the Salvation Army (or some other equivalent), and we made some decent cash. Love it. It feels really good. Although, our sun room is a little bare now. Perhaps the foosball table needs a companion? We were planning on purchasing a composter, but maybe we need an air hockey table instead? Hmmm …

Got out for a swim tonight with Sox and J. I hadn’t been out in a few months, and I was a little worried about how I would fair, specially considering my bum shoulder that it still on the mend. The first couple lengths were a littlw rough. I swallowed a little too much water and felt like I was floundering. After that I calmed myself, tried to swim a little slower, and improved quite a bit. I think I managed somewhere around 400 metres (maybe more). I was pretty happy with this. I felt great the whole time, but as I tired my strokes got sloppy, and I started taking on more water that I was comfortable with. When I called it quits we went and sat in the kiddy pool for a bit, then showered and went home.

Now I am sitting on the couch watching Monster Garage getting sleepier and sleepier. Time for bed I think.

Yesterday Sox and I took part in the 4th annual Paws for a Cause Walkathon. This is put on by the BC SPCA in order to raise funds. We managed to collect $195 in pledges and are pretty proud of that. I also bought an SPCA T-Shirt to help out the cause just that much more. The walk itself was pretty easy. We also ran into a couple different sets of friends on the walk too. Quite an interesting day.

Pics are here.