With summer fastly approaching (21 days left of school people) I hope to get on here more regularly. It would also help if something remotely interesting were happening around here that would be blog worthy.
Anyway, a couple big things happened this past week that are worth recording here.
First, I was named "Professor of the Year" at my school.
This was decided by votes received from parents and my co-workers. To say I was speechless would be an understatement. I hope this translates into job security for next year.
The other bit of news...a new car---finally. The car I was driving was a 2001 Nissan Maxima that belonged to CJ and, as you might expect, has seen its better days. The air conditioning was not working which, in Florida, is a HUGE deal. On top of that, the driver side window would not go down. So...it was HOT in that car and I would curse every time I got stopped by a red light because that meant no breeze coming through the passenger window. A couple months ago, someone knocked the passenger side mirror off so I had been driving around without a mirror and just praying that I would not get pulled over for it. And finally, it had some kind of mechanical issue that would cause the sunroof to spontaneously open (and I couldn't always get it closed right away either), caused the radio volume to increase spontaneously, and caused the check engine light to be flashing constantly. So a new car was imminent but I was hoping to make it until school was out for summer before having to do it.
A couple weeks ago on a Saturday, I came out from working at Huntington and the car wouldn't start. After trying for about 1/2 hour, I finally called CJ who had to leave a movie to pick me up and take me home. The next day, my parents came with a plan to sleep overnight and my dad was going to take me on that Monday to get a new car. However, when we went out to the car on Sunday, it started up and ran just fine. Since I didn't want to miss a day of school, I decided to wait until school was over and sent my parents home.
Unfortunately, after a celebratory dinner at BWW on Wednesday night, the car once again would not start. And, it wouldn't start on Thursday either, so it was time for a "new" car. I had my sights set on a red 2015 Kia Forte with about 45,000 miles on it but, in the end, I went with a white 2016 Chevrolet Sonic hatchback with 31,000 miles.
Very similar to this:
So, that is all the news for now. I'll be back soon.
