Calmed

[jay]

Or at least not moving rapidly, as patgreene is home, but both of our cars are broken. The van is getting its bodywork done after the wreck en route to the hospital, while the transmission failed on the convertible. After only 18K miles on the last one... this will be $3K in car repairs in one week, grr. A lighter foot and better workmanship would have helped...

Otherwise, I had to pull together a set of speakers on our Space Launch Initiative work in vehicle health management to brief my boss today, and also give the overview myself. It went well... but later, my boss privately said that he could understand my keeping a low profile for the past couple of years, but that over the next couple he expected to see me take a more visible project leadership or PI role somewhere.

And tomorrow, ice skating lessons begin for this year! (bounce)

Comments

Oh no!

[runeshower.livejournal.com]

That is WAAAAY too soon to need transmission work. The shop ought to do it for free. Will they cut you a deal?

And your boss's remark is about as left-handed a compliment as I've ever heard! But it does work out to a compliment in the end. He wants to see you more active and visible, and thinks you can handle it! So congrats!

[daltong.livejournal.com]

I can sympathize.

My car died in August--it needed $3K of repairs, which I could never in a million years afford, so in a panic (never again) I bought a used car "As is" on 15 August.

As of last week, it has needed $2.5K in repairs. Mom and Dad no longer have the funds to be helping me out like this.

Sorry to hear about your car plight! Like y'all need this now.

*sigh*

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

Mercury retrograde will be over soon, thank goodness.

Ice skating lessons? I keep getting really interesting surprises from you, Brian. I learned to skate when I was six, on a frozen-over pond in Michigan across from my grandparents' farm. Used to skate all the time on the tennis courts they flooded for the purpose in Rochester NY. Unfortunately, my ankles are no longer particular happy when I try to skate, and it throws my toes out of alignment too. *pout* I've even considered selling my skates. How sad. Hope you have a blast--have fun for me too!