2007

So we're a week into 2007 and it's been a rather horrible start.

My car died on me. Started having transmission trouble from my birthday (oh the irony) on and last weekend things went to hell. Got the car to a car shop but obviously the only time the transmission actually works was during the test drive with the mechanic. The only useful thing he said was that a transmission overhaul would cost more than $1000.
The car is now on the parking lot of the nearby Giant Eagle after I got it there with great difficulty. So I'll try to get rid of it asap and look around for a new used car.

We also discovered a problem with the wireless network of the high school I'm about to do a study at. So last Friday we went to try a few possible solutions but guess what happened 5 minutes after we sit down in the classroom?
A power outage.
Yes.
So we wait until we're told the black out won't be fixed until at least noon. We leave for CMU and in the afternoon I get an e-mail informing me the power came back 15 minutes after we left.

Splendid.