I’ve been reading the blog of C.J. Cherryh, an awesome writer I very much admire, though many of her books get too depressing for me. http://www.cherryh.com/www/progress.htm And I realized something I should have noticed a long time ago–no one, even good old can’t-help-but-be-upbeat me, wants to read about only the good times. So enough blather about the joys of the writing life. I will, of course, still talk about writing, and what I enjoy. But you’re going to hear about the rest, too. As the title says, time to get real.
And on that note–my car is once again off the road. My wonderful mobile mechanic tells me I need a new ignition module, and that would cost $150 new. Well, the absolute most I have is $200, and he would like to get paid too, so we’ll go for a used one. He was planning on spending his Saturday wandering junkyards anyway, I guess…
A note for you impatient drivers–in the middle of rush hour, no one puts on their hazards, jumps out and PUSHES, with the help of a five-year-old, unless there’s nothing else they can do! So don’t flipping glare and honk and refuse to let those poor people get their car out of the middle of the road!