It's been a while since I checked in. We've been very busy. And we've been having car problems. My car's brake system died a while ago and I only just got it back this weekend. The mechanic allowed me to pay with a postdated check. Paydays are on the first and the fifteenth of the month.

This afternoon Wakana's car died and her mechanic says it might be the transmission! Ouch!

She had to rent a car because she has to go to the university at lunch time and she cannot drive my car (it's a standard transmission). After that trauma I took her to Ruby Tuesdays where we indulged ourselves with a $60 steak dinner. It's been a long time since we've spent that kind of money in a restaurant.

She has been planning to buy a new car but hasn't saved enough money to go that route. Now she has to go for a used car and even that might be tough to get. She's disappointed. She was looking forward to car shopping. She doesn't realize that she'll still get to go and the "new" car she buys will be just as much fun as a really new car.