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Reflections on Being a One-Car Family

I admit, it's been awhile since I last posted here.  I haven't really been feeling well lately and have been fighting depression. I know what has been bringing this on.  I've been overworked at work, and I don't feel very productive anymore.  At home, I'm just going through the motions of existing.  Sometimes, I can manage to get the laundry folded up, clean all of the dishes in the sink, and get most of the stuff picked up from the floor.  If I'm super lucky, I can also manage to sweep up all of the random dirt that is no longer trapped in the carpet we used to have from our laminate flooring.  But I'm just going to need to repeat these actions in the next few days.  I'm finding myself more often hiding from life by playing cell phone games.  Reading at least feels productive. I have a feeling that most of this comes down to it being a year since my car accident.  I still don't want to talk about it, but I'll try to make this a more prod...

AIDS/Lifecycle Finish Line

So...B has been training, raising money, and finally finished his bicycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles!  Yes, you read that right.  He rode his bicycle 545 miles and between 40 and 100 miles per day.  Luckily, I managed to get to the finish line in time to see him finish the ride! We were soo happy he was done, but he says it was the best time.  B is still debating on whether or not to do it again because of the time commitment, but we'll see. Let's back up a bit though.  How did I get to Los Angeles in time?!  I'm still kind of amazed I did get there by 12:30PM. I managed to have the foresight on Friday to fill up the gas tank and remember to ask my friend to watch Caboose.  Finch is usually okay with just some water and food.  I set the thermostat to turn on the air conditioning if it got too hot.  I also left the bedroom doors open so she could hide under the bed if she still got hot. (She's staring at me as I'm typing th...