Not as I had Planned

Last evening I made the wise decision to go to the gym. I figured with the traffic being horrible leaving an hour later wouldn't make a difference. This turned out to be true. The road conditions were poor to quite poor. It took me two hours to get to Mankato. Although it only added an hour onto my trip, it wasn't a peaceful drive. Today, I received a call from the wonderful people that take care of my car saying my water pump was leaking anti-freeze. This didn't necessarily fit into my plans which were to make a quick trip to take care of basic necessities such as coloring my hair and getting my oil changed and car cleaned inside/out. My plan was to be back on the road by noon. Instead my car will be held hostage until two or three. Normally this would be fine, but I didn't tell anyone I was going to be in town, so I have little to do. Plus, I left all my school work at home because I had planned on doing it while I watched football games tonight (Go Pack Go) and tomorrow. Since I have nothing to do but "geek" on the internet, I could be grading papers now. Then there's the added cost this repair will create. It seems it will cost about the same as the iPhone I wanted.

This random whining brings me to a recent FB status post that I posted, "FYI ... I will be collecting money for the iPhone I plan to buy in February. Anything you can give will be appreciated." It seems no one has contributed to my iPhone fund. If you feel this is frivolous purchase, maybe you would like to contribute to my water pump. Let me know.

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