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06/25/2006: "So sleepy"

Now that rehearsals have stretched out to 11 (or so), it makes for some very sleepy days. I'm well rested after the weekend, though, ready no doubt to begin a repeat of last week starting tomorrow. Last week included 3 nights of 5 hours sleep and one of 4. Why one less hour that night? That's the night I ran over something on the expressway that ripped some panel underneath the engine compartment away from its attachment to the frame. I don't know what it was -- small enough to not hit the bumper, but too big to pass cleanly under me. This part was bolted on and keeps things like gravel from bouncing up into the engine or whatever else is important under there. And after it was ripped loose, I couldn't go more than 25 mph without it bending down and scraping the road. I had the brilliant idea of trying to tie it up, but I didn't have anything like string or twine or rope. I stopped at a gas station and they didn't have anything either. That left me with a much longer drive than usual. Made even longer when a cop pulled me over. I told him why I was going slow and had my hazards on and he let me go. I was able to tie it up with some twine to the grill when I got home. I was even more amazed when it held up during my drive to work the next day. I suppose I could have left it tied up, like some hillbilly, but no, I left it to get repaired at great expense. It's never a simple repair. I believe they're replacing the bumper or something bumper related, where this thing gets attached to the car. Good as new, it better be.