akg has been diligently keeping us (all her peeps) updated with what is happening in her world, and I've been falling down on the job. So, since I am enjoying those three QUIET days between Christmas and New Years, I figured I needed to get on the stick and UPDATE.
We'll start with the car. Yes, the car.
Those of you who know know me, know my car. the blue 2000 Ford Focus ZTS that has been hauling me back and forth between SJ and Kzoo and Cleveland since ... 2000. Well, this fall it rolled over 167,000 miles. It is now "mature" and rapidly approaching old age. But until November, it didn't look or even act like it. It looked like any other "original" Fucus out on the road, and drove like one too (I want AWD). But then in November, a series of unfortunate events took place... On Election Day I had a tire go bad. JasonB (awesome co-worker) helped me change the tire (ok... so I let him change it for me, because he is AWESOME) and I had to buy new ones.
Then a worse thing happened... The Fucus got whacked in the face by a piece of sheet metal (definitely ecoated steel, probably .028 or thicker). Fortunately, the metal hit the car and didn't go through the windshield and hit me. (I am very grateful for my guardian angel!). People who drive with unsecured loads in their pickup trucks are bad!
According to the guys at the SouthHaven Ford Dealership, the car has not been more than superficially damaged. But it looks like it got into a drunken bar fight - and lost. The front grill is all broken, the lower air dam grill is saggy, the hood is dented and the latch for the hood is clearly visible (it looks like the car has either a broken nose, or is in the process of being converted to a post-Apoctalyptic death machine, a la Death Race. Compare for yourselves :
Okay - so maybe it isn't that bad, but it is still not pretty, and approaching Mad Max style from a direction I never intended to inhabit. Shoulder pads and spiky hair are one thing, a busted-up grill is something totally different.
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