A/Cs and Automobiles

Today was a little rainy and a lot dreary. It was definitely not a great day to be outside. Todd, the kids, and I played a couple rounds of Uno together in the morning — it's one of our favorite new pass times — before braving the elements to visit our storage unit. We (and by we I really mean Todd with the rest of us sometimes standing around to see how he was doing) crammed our air conditioners in there with our suitcases, bikes and never-unpacked boxes. It was great to get them out of our apartment. Ever since taking them out of the windows a few weeks ago they've been sitting on our floor just looking for toes to stub. And we came back home with Christmas decorations. I can't believe how quickly this fall has gone. I know it's not yet Thanksgiving and, therefore, not officially time to decorate for Christmas, but the holidays really do feel right around the corner.

While Todd was fighting with the storage unit, I went uptown a few blocks to revisit a car we might buy. We looked at it last weekend and want to get it checked out by a mechanic before committing. It's old, has a fair number of miles, and we need to know if there are any surprises lurking before plunking down some cash. The woman who is selling it is really nice and seems completely on the up-and-up, so I have a good feeling about it. Unfortunately, the garage we were going to visit lied to us. They promised we could bring in the car any time before 3:00, but when I went at 2:30 the place was all locked up. I think we're the only seriously interested buyers, because the seller has offered to drop the car off one morning before work so we can get it checked out this week. If everything works out, we might have our own wheels before long.