OMG sara, I am so glad your brother thought of/knew that. Scary.

I met with a new potential babysitter tonight, a woman from Ethiopia who recently lost her job at a hospital due to layoffs. She seems nice enough. She kept trying to speak Amharic to mac which, well no, he doesn't understand and he doesn't want the reminder. Then she also balked a bit at how much I offered to pay, seemed to think she could get the same hourly she did at her job, which again, no. One bonus is that she is also going to give me Ethiopian cooking lessons. YAY!

Freaks me right the hell out. ESPECIALLY after last night when I had a near collision with a deer at 75 mph. I'm still not sure how I missed that fucking thing (close enough the hood blocked half its legs from view and it was huge,) but had anyone been behind me...well, it would have been as bad as had I hit the deer. As it was, I have no idea how I missed the deer and the car next to me did too.

msbelle, I hope the babysitter works out!

What kind of car, sarameg? If the problem is just fuses or bulbs, it should be a pretty easy DIY fix.

Nissan Sentra. When I first took it in for another issue, they SAID they checked all the fuses first, and it is on the invoice (no charge) so if I take it in and it something like that, I will be very cranky. (but cheaper?) And since it is ALL the parking and brake panel, plus the dash, but not reverse...I think it is more than bulbs.

msbelle, did you like the babysitter? Is this for mostly after school care?

Ugh. sara, that's scary! Just today we were talking about how we almost got into an accident at 3:00 PM because of lack of brake lights.

My students did performances of King Lear. Most groups did videos. They ROCK. I'll try and upload and link.

And since it is ALL the parking and brake panel, plus the dash, but not reverse...I think it is more than bulbs.

That sounds like a fuse issue. I'm sorry you have to deal with, sara!

I liked her. She is just to have another for occasional use. Like teacher conferences or random events that come up.

If I use her a couple of times and mac does ok and I still like her, then I will recommend her to other people in my hood and there are lots on my hood looking for regular help, so she would be able to get at least some money until she finds something fulltime again.

My brother did mention to check something about fusible links(?) that live under the hood, not in the fuse panel.

1. Why tell me about the great Depression, PBS?

2. Why is it that the situation before the Great Depression seem so much like our situation now?