Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Getting Personal...
I've been fighting quite a nasty cough over the past month...
Just completed the last of a round of antibiotics, prednizone and occasional uses of an inhaler to get over a pretty bad cough/respiratory infection that my daughter and I have been fighting since late July after (presumably the cause) plugging in an Air Conditioner that had been stored for months in the basement and not yet cleaned, but was still turned to "on". I immediately got a face full of dust and have been coughing since.
Between always vigilantly avoiding triggers for cluster and migraine headaches and this, the past month has been a chore to do much more than my day to day work at Boyds (my day job, which I rarely talk about).
The last bad day I had was Saturday, when I was cold to the world for 15 hours.
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I've just bought a "Democratic Blue" 2006 Chevy Cobalt and traded in my trademark bumperstickered "purple" (Maroon) 1998 Chevy Astro van.
Here's a few reasons why I did it:
- I don't really need a van like I did when I had one-year-old twins on apnea monitors, but six-year-old twins almost out of booster seats
- $$$ The van had inspection in a few months, and it was taking more and more to pass each year.
- $$$ The first payment is in Mid-October and with the trade-in I needed nothing down - No van payment in September.
- $$$ Less money on gas. The payments are more, BUT at 1000 miles per month, with the van at 15 MPG, if the car gets 27MPG and gas is $3/gal., the cost evens out and the environment is better off to boot.
I remember the cars my parents had (a Rambler, a Station Wagon) when I was my kids' age, so even though they think I am weird for doing so, I made sure to take pictures of my girls in and by the van before taking it in when we picked up the Cobalt Monday.
I'm still young enough to appreciate that it has a spoiler, I guess, although I'm old enough to choke on the fact that a stupid wing costs an extra $200 - and on a 4-door? it's like supercharging a yugo. Although I am a fan of The Fast and the Furious/2f2f and games like Grand Turismo, these cars are still economy looking, but at least I get to imagine on http://www.cobaltracing.com/ ...
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The girls started first grade Tuesday, and getting used to the new CTE schedule is interesting. I don't know whether I like it or not. Doesn't bother me too much.
Just completed the last of a round of antibiotics, prednizone and occasional uses of an inhaler to get over a pretty bad cough/respiratory infection that my daughter and I have been fighting since late July after (presumably the cause) plugging in an Air Conditioner that had been stored for months in the basement and not yet cleaned, but was still turned to "on". I immediately got a face full of dust and have been coughing since.
Between always vigilantly avoiding triggers for cluster and migraine headaches and this, the past month has been a chore to do much more than my day to day work at Boyds (my day job, which I rarely talk about).
The last bad day I had was Saturday, when I was cold to the world for 15 hours.
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I've just bought a "Democratic Blue" 2006 Chevy Cobalt and traded in my trademark bumperstickered "purple" (Maroon) 1998 Chevy Astro van.
Here's a few reasons why I did it:
- I don't really need a van like I did when I had one-year-old twins on apnea monitors, but six-year-old twins almost out of booster seats
- $$$ The van had inspection in a few months, and it was taking more and more to pass each year.
- $$$ The first payment is in Mid-October and with the trade-in I needed nothing down - No van payment in September.
- $$$ Less money on gas. The payments are more, BUT at 1000 miles per month, with the van at 15 MPG, if the car gets 27MPG and gas is $3/gal., the cost evens out and the environment is better off to boot.
I remember the cars my parents had (a Rambler, a Station Wagon) when I was my kids' age, so even though they think I am weird for doing so, I made sure to take pictures of my girls in and by the van before taking it in when we picked up the Cobalt Monday.
I'm still young enough to appreciate that it has a spoiler, I guess, although I'm old enough to choke on the fact that a stupid wing costs an extra $200 - and on a 4-door? it's like supercharging a yugo. Although I am a fan of The Fast and the Furious/2f2f and games like Grand Turismo, these cars are still economy looking, but at least I get to imagine on http://www.cobaltracing.com/ ...
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The girls started first grade Tuesday, and getting used to the new CTE schedule is interesting. I don't know whether I like it or not. Doesn't bother me too much.
