Well…darn…went to the library this morning and it sucks that 2 out of the 3 books I checked out I’ve read already and that’s the problem with reading so much…I’m running out of new books to read and I’ll have to back tomorrow to get more…going to be on planes for almost 20 hours in the next 2 weeks so I need at least 2 books to keep me busy…I know I can sleep on the way over to Italy and back but I don’t sleep so I can’t count on that…oh, well…I did take the car out to the library and DD today and I can’t believe how much better the transmission is starting to get…even from cold it works better now than it did before I changed the oil…and it is supposed to get better as time goes on..can’t wait til it gets cold to see how it works…it has to be better than it was with barely being able to get it into 1st and having to warm the car up before I could drive it…worth the 65 bucks I paid for the oil…I did try to get everything into the suitcase and it all fits with just a little squishing so I’m good to go Friday…I did finally hit the balance goal in my checking account today so I can afford to pay for my trip and I’ll still be in good shape financially…I told the librarian that I was going to Italy this week and he said not to worry about when the books are due…to just bring them back when I have time after I get back…that’s some small town stuff there and it made me feel good…I do like living here…most of the time…oh, I did try the cascade effect on my rear bike light today and it’s pretty cool…nothing like just flashing and I just sat there watching it at the beach water stop…okay, time to read a bit before tv…