Oh yay, people are losing their jobs at work today. This has been coming a while - we got news about a departmental re-organization a couple of months ago, and I am not in any danger. But it's not a fun morning. And Thanksgiving week is a swell time to pick to tell people.

Not fun, flea.

Wow, Consuela. I'm glad you got the tag. That is the reason I crawl along on the beach road rather than the I. If someone is going to smash into me I would rather it was at 25 than 75. It takes me 45 min to get to work rather than 30, but waves are more pleasant than the anxiety of highway driving.

Yikes, flea. And yeah, that's a shitty time to lay people off. Especially since nobody's hiring in December anyway--at least, not public entities IME.

Thanks, Laura. I'm really glad I got the plate, and hope they catch the person. I almost think it was intentional, it all happened so fast and then the car took the off-ramp like no big deal, even used their blinkers.

I didn't sleep well last night, but I think it was my sister's espresso pudding for dessert rather than the excitement of the crash.

That sucks, flea. It's not like there's a good time to lose one's job, though.

My car won't start, so, working from home today. The battery doesn't like the cold (it's not even freezing, though maybe it was overnight. Pernickety battery) and I forgot to charge the portable jumper thingy. I hope once I get that charged up again I'll be able to jump my car and this isn't a symptom of bigger problems that need to be addressed.

That' terrible , Flea.

Glad you got the plate, Consuela

How old is your battery ,-t? it might just be time for a new one.

Pretty sure it's less than a year old.

ETA: oh, hey, I keep those records on my phone. it's just over a year, got it last November. Even the cheap batteries are supposed to be good for 3 years, aren't they?

Flea - that's horrible. Way to make a Monday worse.

ION, check out these gorgeous portraits of sheep and goats. (Found via Colossal. Love that site.)

Yikes, flea! I hope your job is ok.

And go you, Consuela, with the plate number. What good you can do.

I'm in New Orleans! Waiting for friend to finish getting ready and then we will commence with eating our way through town. ;)

A beautiful day in the valley! A small storm cleared out the air, sun's mostly out, snow on the mountains making the bare granite pretty.

So I'm kind of crabby and anxious today, but at least I did not come close to an accident or have layoffs at my job or a non-starting car!