It began to rain Friday night and has not stopped since. Oh, sure, there were a few moments when the deluge turned, briefly, into mizzle, but water has been in the air all weekend. I have hopes that things will dry out a wee bit this afternoon. Still, it is good for the area, should have plenty of water for a while.

Friday was a long day. We have been talking newer car for a few weeks and had (check the tense for suspense) even spent some time looking at options and prices. Used cars are crazy expensive. I saw a 2000 Chev product for almost ten grand. Mind you, it had hardly any miles, clearly a parked and rarely driven car. Anyway, around ten Carol says look at these 4, what do you like. I says, the Corolla looks ok, but more than we wanted to pay. She says, lets go look at it anyway, so off we went. An hour long drive through Texas countryside took us to the dealer. We arrived around 12 and were still in the car buying process at five. Blech. Anyway, we came home with a 2006 Toyota Corolla S. It is a decent car, and I hope will give us 4 or 5 years (or more) of getting here and there. Oh, it is grey in color (notice the lack of u, I am becoming enculturated).

I spent most of yesterday working in one capacity or the other. Running around in the morning, plugging away at some assignments in the afternoon, keeping my eyes open in the evening. Today, more work, I may slip out to the unt library later this afternoon, but I am uncertain if I will do that.

I enjoyed my drives around town yesterday. Even though it was wet and cool, the AC was a pleasure, the tunes were awesome (old KIA had no radio), and I felt confident the car would get me there and back, where ever there might be. I must be getting old when reliable is so important.

Hopefully, sticker shock will wear off soon and I won't feel so scared.