So, the first week has come and gone.

It feels a little like this whole thing is teetering on the edge of really taking off and being a total success, or falling flat. It's felt like that all along; my mind (or ego?) has left no middle ground for moderate success.

So far, though, that's exactly what it's been, from a subscription standpoint.

To hit the goal of $30,000 - I need to make just over $82.00/day. So far, according to these fancy excel spreadsheets, I've technically made just over $200/day. (but I did do a lot of pre-sales this summer in the forum, so that's a little misleading.)





(The 2,607 is the income, and the 1,588 is what I have spent so far.)

That is, if you don't count the car.

A friend (who has requested that he remain anonymous) called me the other night while I was out renting a movie and said that he had found a car I needed to take a look at. We'd been talking about what car would be the best replacement for the beat-up old Accord I've been traveling around in, and we settled on a CR-V.

"I found one, but it's closer to where you live than where I am"
"Where's that?"
"About 9 miles from your house. On Gallatin Road".
"shut. up. I'm *on* Gallatin road right now."

So we changed course and went to take a look at it.

It's a 2002, with only 61,900 miles on it. In the life of a Honda, it's basically a teenager.

Before the night was through, I drove it home.

A certain amount was put towards the car as a gift, and the remaining balance was paid in full up-front - I'll pay it back to the guy at 0% interest. Here are a couple pictures...
For anyone that saw us near the end of the last tour... Myself, Gary Nock, and Matthew all crammed (with gear and merch) into a 1992 Honda Accord... this looks and feels like Heaven.

Thank you again Donor-Who-Wishes-To-Remain-Anonymous.

OH!!!! SPEAKING OF TOURING!!!!!!! big news coming soon....

seriously, you're gonna want to go ahead and just set up an RSS feed to this blog so you don't miss it.

 I'll make a peep when I'm allowed.

-Levi