Back from the road trip.  What an amazing journey.  Tiring, but otherwise excellent, especially the company I kept the week of the 13th through the 19th.  I'm missing two people very much right now ( Read more... )

Today I had my car's routine maintenance done, prepared some promotional packets for ARTC, answered a bunch of emails that I should have answered weeks ago...and that was about it.  I also spent the whole day wishing I were outside.  Warm, sunny, and windy...just the way I like it.  Autumn is coming and I love autumn.  It's such a melancholy time ( Read more... )

Today I ...

• Paid an unofficial tax to an auto garage Got my emissions inspection for my car.
• Paid my car's ransom to the state Renewed my tags.
• Discovered and corrected incompetence Straightened out some confusion with my eye doctor and ordered more disposable contact lenses for my upcoming trip so I'll be able to see better underwater.
• Took steps to ( Read more... )

I went to have a problem on my car fixed.  It's been a problem for a while now, but I've been putting off getting it done.  I get up there, get it diagnosed, and find out it's going to cost a lot more to fix than I thought.  I decide to take it to the dealership instead since they quoted me a lower price over the phone.  On the way there I get a ( Read more... )

A few quick notes since I haven't updated lately.

• ARTC Christmas show coming up!  December 22 at 8pm and December 23 at 2:30pm at the Stage Door Players.  $10!  Ya'll come!
• Aquarium driving me nuts.  What else is new?
• I took my car in for routine maintenance and he told me I needed new tires.  Ok, no problem, I knew it was about time.  So I shopped ( Read more... )

Monday evening after I leave work at the aquarium I'm going to drive to Washington, DC, for a Terry Pratchett book signing.  I doubt I'll make the whole trip in one night, but I want to get there as early as I can Tuesday morning ( Read more... )

Last night and today were a little too interesting ( Read more... )

It's sad that I'm taking pride in these accomplishments, but hey ( Read more... )

So a little less than 3 years ago I bought a car. As recorded in this journal, I recently paid it off. When I got the title it had the wrong color on it; it said it was white when it has always been blue. So I went to the credit union where they passed the buck. Luckily the car dealership took up the reins to fix the problem. The only snag was ( Read more... )

Got my car back yesterday. I'm quite pleased with the repair work. I'm less pleased with the fact that my car currently smells like a garage. I'm hoping that the new-car-smell that I have managed to preserve for a year will reassert itself over the next day or so ( Read more... )