Spring is here

Brilliant blue stretched across the dome of sky above her. She walked down the sidewalk listening to birds chirping and leaves rustling in the warm spring breeze. Today would be a perfect day for a ride in a convertible, she thought as she swung her backpack up onto her shoulders. Too bad I don't have a convertible.

100th post

Yes, today is my 100th post. I'm sure it will probably be some of your 100th posts soon as well since we all started these Creative Writing blogs at the end of August. Anyway, I just thought I'd mention it since it is a rather grand blog-ccasion.

And now on to something more interesting. Today my car surprised me; it stayed warm all day on every trip I made between my apartment and campus. My car has been having air circulation issues off and on all semester and even sometimes during last school year. At Spring Break when my siblings and I drove all over New England in my car we almost froze on several day trips because the fan wasn't working right. Driving around Boston just after a snow storm was probably the worst instance during the entire holiday. Actually, the first time I remember the fan not working right was driving home from school after my first year at Southern (May 2008). My air conditioning worked fine until we got to Missoula, Montana and then it just quit for some reason. Luckily my dad had flown down to help us drive home and he managed to figure out that a wire had come loose and reconnect it so that we had a nice cool car for the rest of the trip. So, lately I've just been enduring my car's cold air, foggy windshields, and freezing steering wheel as I drive back and forth from home to school. But today, for some reason, my fan decided to work and my car was cozy and warm all morning and afternoon. It was really nice for a change. I wonder how long it'll last.

Fixed

My car is fixed. I'm so happy to be able to use it again. It was an interesting week having to arrange rides from my sister and friends. I'm glad I'll be relatively self-sufficient again. If only I had a bike here I could have done quite nicely without a car. Oh how dependent we have become.

Car Trouble

I went to drive to class today and got halfway down my street before my car died. It was very distressing. My sister had to take her own car today and was leaving just behind me so I pulled my car as far over onto the side of the road as I could and then jumped in Bryn's car. It didn't help that today was The Day of the Nearly-Autumn Flood. So now I have to figure out how to get my car fixed on top of everything else I have to do. Superb...