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I'm a fairly mechanically savvy person. I replaced the alternator in my last Subaru, by myself, at twenty below. I have a degree in mechanical engineering. So not, you know, the average helpless driver.

Last week, I took my car in for A Noise. A crunchy, mechanical, grinding sort of Noise. I was expecting bad news regarding something in the suspension, but it ended up being a very basic fix of swaybar links, which was swiftly done.

This week, however, I noticed More Noises. It was especially bad when I went over bumps.

Hating to be That Customer, I took it back to the shop. "It's making The Noises again," I told them.

I sat down and wrote a few hundred words while they checked it out.

Diagnoses?

MY LICENSE PLATE WAS LOOSE.

...

They tightened down the bolts for me and sent me on my way with no charge but to my ego.
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It was a mixed bag of a weekend. I got a piece of artwork finished for a project with [livejournal.com profile] laylalawlor, and did running around and went to gaming on Sunday. (I spent most of Sunday wondering why everyone around me smelled bad everywhere I went... and got home to find that there was dog poop on my shoe. Sorry, everyone I thought smelled bad... *facepalm*) I got orders filled, and updated my Etsy shop with Christmas digital designs. Hold onto your pants for some printed cards to color, coming soon.

But the real triumph? Today was our first day of pre-school.

Jake met me there and we ushered her in to the crazy, wonderful chaos of the classroom and left her busily playing with a dollhouse to not-quite sniffle together in the parking lot. I picked her up after a trip to the post office and a load of water and 950 words written at the library, and she was a little shell-shocked about the whole affair, but smiled and hugged me and said she had fun and she didn't say she didn't want to go back when I told her we were going again in a few days. (And she's is PLENTY fast about saying she doesn't want to something if there's even a hint of it...) She even said she made new friends, but she couldn't remember their names.

The idea that she would go down easily for her nap after such an exciting morning has proven a lie, alas, so not much done yet this afternoon.

Have a photo from our first day. Not exactly a smiley front porch first day photo, but this is monsterus minimus we're talking about.



Project status:

WoA: 4/6 inked Due: Oct 15ish
AotM: 1 inked, 1 half-inked, 2 near-final sketched, idea for 5/5 Due: Oct 1
Kickstarter: Half ready?
DB: 17k words. Probably another 5k to finish?

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