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I knew going to bed last night that there would still be limbo this morning but it still feels weird. I rarely to never talk about politics in my LJ. But I want to point out my darling ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
minervacat amazing post this morning. And then I wanted to think about ingrid_m's post, which is more about the potential Why? of it all.
On a personal note, being distracted by the waiting this morning nearly made me put red curry paste instead of strawberry jam on my bagel. Which would have been horrific.
And on an even more frustrating personal note - exactly what I feared with my review happened - my COO had to cancel/postpone. And worse, the suggested reschedule was for lateish afternoon on the 11th - which is when I need to finish up a project so I can duck out early and fly to visit SF. *facepalms* And then the SECOND suggested rescheduling was actually for when I was out of town!! And I'm still waiting to hear about the third. But at this rate it will never happen and you know, I realllly want my salary review, please, because I both need and deserve a raise. *sigh*
This will also poke holes in my buying-a-car-plan, which I wanted to do so that I didn't have to continue to trust mine, particularly on trips up to the airport, which always worry me because hey, my nightmare is not just breaking down but breaking down and missing a flight! Heh. Still, I am tough and strong. And also virtually looking at the Hyundai Elantra and the Nissan Sentra as cheap-but-new-cars.
Or I could go used and obviously get a lot more car for my money, I've just never owned a new-new car and the idea is shiny. Very shiny. Even if impractical.
I should focus on the bright side that I did not start my morning off with a cream cheese and curry paste bagel.
minervacat amazing post this morning. And then I wanted to think about ingrid_m's post, which is more about the potential Why? of it all. On a personal note, being distracted by the waiting this morning nearly made me put red curry paste instead of strawberry jam on my bagel. Which would have been horrific.
And on an even more frustrating personal note - exactly what I feared with my review happened - my COO had to cancel/postpone. And worse, the suggested reschedule was for lateish afternoon on the 11th - which is when I need to finish up a project so I can duck out early and fly to visit SF. *facepalms* And then the SECOND suggested rescheduling was actually for when I was out of town!! And I'm still waiting to hear about the third. But at this rate it will never happen and you know, I realllly want my salary review, please, because I both need and deserve a raise. *sigh*
This will also poke holes in my buying-a-car-plan, which I wanted to do so that I didn't have to continue to trust mine, particularly on trips up to the airport, which always worry me because hey, my nightmare is not just breaking down but breaking down and missing a flight! Heh. Still, I am tough and strong. And also virtually looking at the Hyundai Elantra and the Nissan Sentra as cheap-but-new-cars.
Or I could go used and obviously get a lot more car for my money, I've just never owned a new-new car and the idea is shiny. Very shiny. Even if impractical.
I should focus on the bright side that I did not start my morning off with a cream cheese and curry paste bagel.
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The Elantra's great. Fabulous warranty. Handles smoothly. Really well designed inside, and it feels like a much more expensive car than it is. Tons of storage nooks and cupholders. *g* Not the most powerful car, but what do you expect for the price? And the gas mileage isn't quite as high as they claim, but hey. Same could be said of most cars. If you get one, don't get the factory CD player, which kinda sucks. Go for the clearcoat paint, because the paint can chip easily. This is the second Elantra I've owned, and I've been very happy with both of them. Hyundais are great because they have such a crappy reputation, so the company works that much harder to make them wonderful.
(Plus, very few people have Elantras, so you won't have the problem of driving the same damn car everyone else does. ;)
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The more I read about it, the more the Elantra really sounds like the right choice to me, from the high safety to the fact that it's a really great car for the relatively cheap price.
Hee, the only drawback I have seen is the fact that the only color I really like is the silver, although the blue is becoming strangely appealing to me.