12:09 AM - Hell of a day
My grandmother fell this morning taking the dog out. I guess there was some "black ice" on the porch and she put one foot out to pick up the dog and slipped. She broke her arm and had a gash above her eye which was bleeding prefusely.
After going to the hospital and waiting some time with 100 other people who fell, she was treated and then my aunt brought her home to collect her belongs. I think she's staying with my aunt tonight. I really hope she feels better.
My father got a new used car today. Its a 1999 Buick LeSabre with 100,000 miles on it. He had a 1991 so I guess its an improvement. I personally would have bought something with less miles and cheaper to fix in his position. A Buick is very expensive to repair as I know from previous experience. I had a 1990 Buick LeSabre for a year. It was costing me 400 a month in repair bills. Generally Saturns and Chevys are cheaper to fix. Some other brands are also cheaper. Its very strange how many people in my family are attached to Buicks because of relatives who liked them. My father, Grandmother, and both Aunts have purchased Buicks. My cousin Katie has a Regal last I knew. I found my Buick to be slow accelerating, expensive to repair and a bit quirky. I suppose if I had more money to spend, I might end up with a more luxurious car but more likely I'd go for a sports car. Frankly, I'd rather have a BMW if I had to go expensive and somewhat luxurious. If I were to buy a car today, I'd probably try to get a G6 or an ION. If I had more money, a Ford Mustang. Instead I'm stuck with a beater 1996 saturn.
I don't know how my rant turned into talking about my car. I guess I'm just pissed that my father got a newer car than me. Its not that he has a new car, its how he got it. Its not like my grandmother bought me a car recently. My grandparents did buy my first car and half my second car (as a wedding gift). Thinking about it, my grandfather never saw my saturn (my third car). I drove Ila home from the hospital one day when he was in there before he died in it. Maybe that's part of the reason I was so weird when I got hit. Not only the timing but also that it was the first car I bought on my own and he wasn't able to share that with me. He loved cars.
My NeXT drive is installed but I'm having trouble getting it on the network. I went through this before but I don't remember how I resolved it. I should check my journal entries and see if i can figure it out. I need a search feature on JJ. Tagging would be nice too.
Caryn's jamming on her ipod.
We went out to dinner tonight. It was nice of her to offer. It did help my day a bit. I spent about 4 hours playing video games today. All of them on my sega. Its been years since I did that.
Oddly just journal has been getting a lot of signups lately. I'm not sad about it but surprised. I wonder what sparked the sudden attention. I also wonder how I can improve it.
My homework isn't done for Monday yet. I dont' know whot to do about this homework assignment. The requirements are very confusing and I'm not in a position to ask about it. I'm probably going to implement a string based protocol and try to get the file format and server piece done tomorrow at least. The client is about 1/3 done already. Its mostly repetative code anyway. Some functions should be shared.