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[da]

This morning I was up at the crack of Ugh to drop the car off at the dealer's for warranty repairs. At least, we hope they are warranty repairs- transmissions are not cheap. They've got a pretty streamlined system now; you drive into a bay, they tick stuff off on a clipboard, and shuffle you either directly to their coffee counter (supplied by a local nonprofit) or to a desk to talk more about your car. If only they had recorded the information I told them on the phone- the guy didn't know it was under warranty.

At the shop, after I collected my coffee and cookie, I ran into one of dan's collegues, Arnie V, who I also enjoyed chatting with Saturday at dan's concert. He's retiring in a year, and we talked about the difficulty of figuring out what to do next. Like dan, he doesn't really like computers even though he's a Computer Science professor. I'm sure he'll do fine, though; he likes people and puttering with woodworking, and I can totally see him working on Habitat for Humanity or some Mennonite relief program.

For me, it's frustrating that there are so many liberal Mennonites and so few Quakers in this area. So much in common, but there's this pesky... Christianity... requirement to become Mennonite. :) I enjoyed chatting with Arnie quite a bit, and we shared the shuttle-bus drive to the University as well, so it felt much shorter than an hour.

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[kraig.livejournal.com]

Adopted, I think, or the kids are. He told me once but I forget.

But yeah.

Conceivably, I could have step-grandchildren by the time I'm 41 if SB spawns as quickly as her mother did. Hopefully not. That's a frightening concept.