Quick update…
Posted By Jim
OK. It’s been a while since either of us posted anything, so I figured I’d put out some updates.
- Alison just received a job promotion and should be starting her position in about a month or so. The duties shift to a little different area, but I think she’ll do great and will enjoy the challenge.
- Mount Carmel (where I work) has just laid off @300 workers in non-patient care areas, including my friend Jeff’s wife Jessica.
- I started back to class last week. I am taking “Object Oriented Programming” and “Advanced Graphic Design”. These should both be classes that I excel in and enjoy. They’re much better than the last few classes I’ve taken (Algebra, Stats, etc.).
- Alison spun out her car on the highway a few weeks ago when we got a small ice storm during the afternoon drive home. She was fine, though a bit shaken. The car initially just had a small dent in the passenger rear corner that I was able to get out mostly. Since then though, the transmission has lost reverse gear. I suspect it was damaged in the spin when she was backwards. So, she is borrowing her mom’s car (thanks Belinda!) to get her to work and her car is on stands in the garage. Unfortunately, this means we are now parking outside instead of in the garage and need to clean the cars off each morning before leaving for work. In my spare time (the little I can muster), I am going to pull the transmission and likely take it somewhere to get rebuilt or trade it in for one that’s already rebuilt if possible.
- It’s going to be in the single digit temperatures the next few days with wind chills down to a possible -20 and some snow thrown in for good measure. I decided that was my cue to take the rest of the week off so I’m going to sit this out at home where it’s warm. I’m going to to attempt to get ahead on my school work, do some work on Alie’s car, and do some other misc things that need done around the house.
Well, that’s it for now. I’ll try to update more often.
