Too bad it was Wildlife Management and I couldn't ever get a job...

But you just wanted to help the little woodland creatures!

I do sometimes wonder what it's like to buy a new car...

They do smell nice.

And hopefully you'll have at least a few months where the car is unscratched and in perfect condition.

Someone's got to be making up for my zero!

I didn't have a car as a teenager. In the 23 years since, I've had four cars. I'm hoping to keep my current one ('08 Honda Fit) for 10 years or until a practical electric alternative is available.

But you just wanted to help the little woodland creatures!

Yeah, me and about 6,000 other people, most of them with advanced degrees willing to work for peanuts (almost literally!). My degree is useful in impressing/grossing out 15-year-old boys so it was totally worth it! (Really, my wildlife diseases text book has some horrid pictures, so my son grosses out his friends... so funny!)

I'm married, so how does that work out. Do I count cars owned while married as half.

1. Dodge Omni O24 - sold off. Not exactly a good car. Small piece of odd trivia, it had a Volkswagen engine which I think only happened for one year of Omni production.

2. Subaru GL Hatchback - Donated when it became impractical to fix. It was a bit of a money bit in it's later years, CV joint hell.

3. Honda Civic Si - Bought from parent's heavily used. Lasted awhile. Great car, but got it too old to have for long.

4. Ford Escort - In-laws gave it to us heavily, heavily used it broke down immediately and we donated it immediately. Nobody really wanted it.

5. Saturn GL - Wife totaled in minor accident, we had it a long time. Good car. Only car ever bought new.

6. Ford Escort Station Wagon - Liked it a lot, very practical and didn't use much gas, but it got totaled in an accident (not our fault) real shame.

7. Ford Tempo - Only car I've ever bought on a credit card (we paid off that month so it was like cash) which tells you how much it cost. It had a bad water pump at 210,000 miles and we had just bought my parent's old Honda Civic Hatch so it ended up getting donated after two attempts at giving it away failed.(Bear in mind the water pump was the only thing wrong with it. People don't like Tempos)

8. Ford Taurus - This car has been around. We owned it for awhile, in-laws owned it for awhile, loaned to my aunt for awhile, now we own it again, it may go back to my in-laws since their Honda Fit keeps breaking down. Right now it's loaned to them because of that.

9. Mercury Villager - Got this at a tremendous price. Nice little minivan, but emphasis on little, sold it to get the next one.

10. Ford Windstar - Got this for when kids were littler. Only car we've purchased an extended warranty for and it paid off. Not exactly unreliable, but some very expensive to fix computer part kept failing. Warranty covered the repair and a rental while in the shop. Sold when the Warranty ran out.

11. S-10 Pickup Truck - Inherited this from wife's grandfather. Nobody in the family wanted this rusty truck. Eventually sold in Church fundraising auction.

12. Honda Civic Hatchback - What I drive today. Now 17 years old and with 195,000 miles. Bought it from my parents with cash when they got a Prius (they now both have a Prius).

13. Nissan Sentra - Replaced the Windstar since my wife wanted a small car. Bought that with cash too.

So now we have a Sentra, a Civic, and a Taurus.

Gosh, a car tally...

Oldsmobile Station Wagon, Cutlass Supreme - 1984-1985 - traded it back to my dad for my next car
Honda Accord - 1985-1986 - KCD totaled going 5 mph in a parking lot
Mazda Truck - 1986 - 1990 - traded it in for a mommy car
Mercury Sable - 1990 - 1995 - I don't remember why we traded this one in
Ford (what the heck is the name of the Sable twin car)1995 - 2001 - Again, not sure why we decided we needed a new car
Toyota Camry - 2001 - 2005 transmission started to go
Toyota Sienna - 2005 - 2008 - Lease ended
Ford Mustang 2008 - now - inherited from mom

So that is 8 vehicles over 27 years. And doesn't count KCD's cars, which we technically both owned. Not all the cars were brand new, but yikes! Too many of them.

Still no word from my PM. Hoping in the shower. Watch, now he will call.

Take this test. No, seriously.

Happy birthday, Amy!

I read the Henrietta Lacks book. I really liked it, but it does get a bit loose around the middle. It's one of those books where even when it doesn't work, what it's trying to do is interesting enough that I still liked it.

Hmm Jilli... will think a bit about topics...

I took it. It wasn't an accurate depiction of me at all.

Also? Happy birthday, Amy!!!