Absent

I could say that I haven't blogged in a while because I was recovering from the bad weather, or just a bout of Writers (Bloggers?) Block. Truth be told, it's been a combination of me being very busy, and very lazy.

Yesterday was my wife's birthday, and she took her car in to the dealership for it's 30,000 mile service. The dealership is near my work, so she took my car to run her errands. We picked up her car after work, dropped it off at my office, and then took my car to go out to her birthday dinner at Rainforest Cafe (She felt like having happy kids at her birthday dinner). On the way home, we picked up her car. We made it 5 miles total drive from the dealership, including the layover at my office, when the "Check Engine" light came on. As the service department was already closed, we just dropped it off overnight, and began trying to figure out the logistics for today.

So after an hour at the dealership and rental company today, I am currently driving a Mercury Mariner. It's not bad, but I feel like I'm driving on a large stack of telephone books. I'm used to cars much lower to the ground. Of course I also have my car with me, so I have the joy of driving back out here this evening to pick up the rental after driving mine home.