Thursday, June 22, 2006

Today I found $1.02 . . . .1 nickel, 1 dime 3 quarters, and 12 pennies (the spiffy change cycle).

On my way to work this morning I stopped at JR’s Car Wash, the car wash next to my apartment complex, and found 70 cents (one nickel, one dime, two quarters, and five pennies). I almost stopped there last night on my way home from the Astros game, but I was tired and decided to save it for the morning. I’m glad I did.

At lunch this afternoon I spotted and retrieved a single penny from a parking lot and after the Astros game as I searched for ticket stubs I found a quarter under some seats. The final find of the day was six cents (all pennies) at the Kwick Kar Wash.

For several weeks Houston has been gearing up for the return of Roger Clemens. For his start tonight there were more tickets sold than to any game in the World Series last year. This makes me angry on so many levels. First, the World Series was sold out so clearly seats must have been held back. Second, Clemens has pitched here for two years and most of his games were not sellouts, so there is no reason for bandwagon fan to start showing up now. Third, I got a bad parking space because everyone decided to show up, and bad parking makes for a bad night.

Totals for the day: $1.02
Race Totals: $326.73