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So a few of you know I was having car troubles when I last went up to Michigan; it was making wonderful clunking noises when I was backing out of spots and stuff like that and it was due for an oil change by the time I got back home anyways so Dad took it in today while I was at work.  Good thing I only have a five minute drive to the train station now and I'm not driving on the expressway a half hour each way to work anymore, cause um.....they said my front axles were about to break loose.  Guess the ball bearings, etc. (aka the stuff that keeps the axles and wheels attached to your car) were all busted up and the grand total including the oil change? $1200-$1400.  Yeah.  Big huge suckage.  And even though the car is almost 10 years old they said that this is the cheaper way to go vs. me getting a new car because my engine and everything else is still in good shape, unless I want to trade it in for a "pre-certified" vehicle which probably means another used Honda that they've rehabed or something.  But anyways, I guess it was true when I kept saying "Boy, it sounds like my car's going to fall apart" because, well.....it was.  So hopefully everything will get sorted out in time for me to make the trip up to East Lansing next month for Memorial Day weekend.

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I seriously hate the snow.  I don't mind it when we get 1-2 inches and it's all light & fluffy...that's that pretty stuff.  However, ALL FREAKIN' day long today I haven't been able to see out of a single window in the office or at home...cause it's just white.  White white, and yes....more white.  White that is blowing at 30-40 mph mind you.  When I left the office around 5 & headed to the train station there was a car on the sidewalk three doors down from my building with it's nose touching a storefront window.  Lovely.  Then I get on the train, and oh how I love thee South Shore.....apparently some switches on the tracks were frozen solid so all 500 billion trains that are leaving at rush hour had to use ONE SINGLE SET OF TRACKS....so, there I sat on the train for an hour and a half, arriving home 2 hours later than I usually do.  At this point I may as well have stayed on the damn train and taken it back downtown for tomorrow morning.  And THEN I get to my car and it's buried...literally buried with snow and as most of you know I drive an SUV.  The snow was nearly up to my hips and I had to floor it to get out of my parking space.  And to top it all off, this morning's storm warning that was issued was supposed to expire at midnight so I thought to myself, "oh well at least it should be stopping soon."  Then I check the updates and now they're saying this crap is supposed to last until 6pm tomorrow!  Am I going to have to tunnel my way to work in the morning?  Hmmmm....I guess we shall see. Grrr....  @*$*&! blizzards....