Sigh

[frogs_of_war]

 I've been saving up a lot of stuff to post, not being in the mood to do anything when I wasn't working, but on the way to the store today to buy new work shoes because my old ones ripped out yesterday (the uppers are no longer completely attached to the soles), my car died. A thump was followed by a grindy noise and the power steering and power brakes were no longer working (my husband was driving). It's a good thing the light was green, we had no cars in around us, and this part of the road had a huge median to allow for parking during festivals. So we coasted from the center lane to the median and only had to push it a bit to get it closer to the sidewalk. We walked down to the bus stop and rode it home.

It could have been a good deal worse. If we would have taken a different route, we might have been on a curvy road with not even a bike lane to park in. Or someone might have been in front of us and stopped at a red light. 

The car isn't worth fixing, but we were hoping it would last until January. *sigh*