1. My car is back home for $130 less than estimated.
I facilitated this by calling my mechanic friend after getting the price. He thought I should fix the alternator rather than give up yet (and he knows my car) and assured me there shouldn't be other problems in the charge system as long as I confirmed that they got power to the alternator (so ( Read more... )

dutchofspades recommended I read Augusten Burrough's Magical Thinking. He was so insistent that I promised to order it from the public library. Well, I picked it up yesterday after work. That night I wanted to relax with a movie or something, so I read it...all the way through. It was uproariously funny in that, "Oh g*d, I shouldn't laugh because ( Read more... )

1. One of my students left a Snoopy Valentine's Day card in my box. "Hope a really great teacher has a really great Valentine's Day!" was the store-bought message. Awww! He's a favorite past student whom I've known since he was 10 (younger brother of a dear friend). And Snoopy is one of my childhood favorite cartoons.
2. Late last night my boyfriend ( Read more... )