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Thanks to everyone who participated in the guess-the-song meme. That was fun. :-)

Things have been a bit difficult here. I had a car accident of sorts, last Thursday, though not one involving other vehicles. I was driving in the preschool parking lot, and drove through what I thought was a puddle. It was a puddle, but the puddle was actually covering a washout...I hit the side of the asphalt hard enough to bend the front frame of the car, and felt my head kind of snap forward and my chest slam hard against the seatbelt. The airbag didn't inflate, fortunately, and Ellie did fine in her booster seat, although she was pretty shaken up.

So, now I have what I think is whiplash...my neck is hurting pretty bad, and I have recurring headaches, although the headache is better now than it was last Friday and Saturday. I'm a little worried about it. Dave and I thought that we had collision on that car, but it turns out that we don't, so we can't get any money from insurance, even through we're pretty sure it would cost more to fix the car than the car is worth.

We're going to be shopping for another car, which we can't really afford, and that has me pretty stressed.

I'm also having some questions about my local friendships and how close they really are, which is troubling. And I'm not sure how long I want to continue working at the preschool - it's been great for us in some respects, but it's not going to help me toward my goal of financial independence. I've been thinking about picking up transcription work, the sort I could do from home, though I'm not quite sure how to get started with it. Also, I really want to start volunteering at Daniel's religious school, which would mean giving up the nursery work at the UU church.

We're still struggling with Daniel issues, too.

All that said...things are pretty good. beetiger, projectmothra, and bard_bloom are going to be visiting us soon, and I'm really looking forward to that (though a bit worried about getting the house ready for them.) I talked with gleefulfreak and monkeyman for a good long while on gmail yesterday, and I'm reminded of what wonderful friends I have. You're not all local, but I'm still blessed.

This weekend is Purim, and also a friend from Melbourne is driving over and we're talking about doing something crafty, though I'm not sure what yet.

Dave's cardiologist appointment was yesterday. He has lots of tests coming up. So far, he's being treated for high blood pressure. I'm glad he's being proactive about it.

So that's about all that's going on so far.