I have a new cellphone! Due to me calling Sha every day over the last month and a bit, I ran up an enormous phone bill on the phone at home. Enormous. $275. So, I just got a phone with her service so we can talk for free. Yay for mobile-to-mobile freeness. And, when the service gets rolled up into Alltell, we should get a five to call.

Hmm. That's gonna be hard. I don't know if I know five people I call a lot. Mainly I call Paula a lot and that's about it.

My Blank Check(tm) loan from Capital One is in the mail so I should be getting that early next week. This means that I'll be able to go pick up a car from a used car dealership somewheres. I'm still not sure what kind of car I want. Okay, so I do know some things.

1. Not a Truck
2. Not an SUV
3. Not a Van
4. Not a Ford
5. Preferably a Manual Transmission, but that's a luxury issue
6. Working heat and air
7. 20+ MPG

So I'll probably take that list to the car dealership and see what they have...

I've had my first overnight at Elmore Academy, even though it was just a shadow. There appears to be about an hour and a half (or more) of just plain paperwork, then we sit around for the rest of the night. People played rummy, did crosswords, read, joked, called each other names and such. I think I sense a time where I can get some real work done on my novels.

I had a strange crossover Dresden Files/Law and Order dream. We won't get into it much, but suffice to say that Jack McCoy was defending Harry Dresden before the White Council. (High Council from the TV show.)

It's a Falar!

I don't have access well to the Internet and am really staying off of it (trying to wean that addiction), but I thought I'd say hey, that I was alive and that I was well.

For more information, call 304-208-1434 (You might have to set up a call appointment, but I'm sure to talk for a bit if I'm not at work).