Murphy's Law # 54,235,856

So it's been a month since my last post. Just been rediculously busy at work... trying to juggle the excruciatingly slow process of training the Hand-Shaker, and actually getting the increasing influx of work done.

And, of course, I still try to stay off the 'puter at home... 'cept for bills. So yeah, it's been a while.

Amway, Murphy's Law # 54,235,856 is: *drumroll please*

In twelve years of driving, you can manage to NEVER lock your keys in the car, despite following the precaution of keeping an extra key in your purse at all times. And the ONE time you forget to switch the extra key to your fanny pack for a day at the fair, will be the VERY FIRST time you lock your keys in the car. In the parking lot of a grocery store in a completely different state.

Why can't I have any car adventures at HOME? Like completely running out of gas while driving down the street (which happened at Great Lakes) or being involved in a spectacular car crash complete with hospital visit to staple my scalp, demolished car and no way to get home (that one was St. Louis). At least I've always been accompanied by friends for these adventures.

Ah well... the rest of my visit to see my friend, Coffeehead, in Iowa was great. I drove up last Thursday, and drove back Sunday. We ate out a lot, I got to see her lab and greenhouse experiments at school/work (and got to take home some orphaned succulents), we went to the Iowa State Fair (complete with a visit to the famous Butter Cow), made Cinnamon Cheesecake, and watched lots of movies.

Aside from her small incident when a car ran into the bus she was driving just before I arrived (she had to work her second job at CyRide on Thursday)... and, of course, the locked keys in the car... I couldn't have asked for a better visit with an awesome friend. :)