True, Mark is now back on the blog. After meeting with him and handling the car thing and some clothes things I sent him an invite so that he could get back on. Hopefully this is lead to more readership and participation, however I'm weary given Mark's hectic work schedule. So I went and looked at the Merc today with Mark, and it drove fine, but is a bit large for my tastes. I spent more time looking at ajc.com's classified section to see if there is a smaller car (not boat size) that would suit my needs. I found a 1989 Toyota Celica GT with 133k miles and a regular 1989 Celica with 112k miles. Both of these cars run for 2250. So while they will not last as long as the Merc, they actually get better gas mileage than the Merc and go faster (especially the GT). This seems like a no brainer, however the insurance is the issue. Remember the reason that the Merc worked out was because it had basically the same insurance cost as my GTI. If the Celica comes out to the same cost then I'll take it (even if it comes out a bit higher because I'll save on gas). True, it won't last for an extra two hundred thousand miles like the Merc, but that's o.k. hopefully I won't be in this scenario for more than two years.

In other news my high school christmas reunion was tonight. Originally I wasn't going to go, but then the possiblity of running into Erin McDonald (the one that I shouldn't have let go) was too tempting. Of course she wasn't there, but I had a great time hanging out with a few people from my class, having a few drinks and chatting it up. I wasn't going to go because I wasn't feeling well, but I took Jeremy's method of Nyquil and sleep and felt better. I took another hit of the 'quil so I'll be off to be shortly.

M