Dear Chrysler...

Please be advised that I am not going to drive 30 miles each way to have my car serviced. Our next vehicle will have to be from another company.

Regretfully,

An ex-customer

Sum-sum-summertime, summertime, summertime!

I had the great fortune to be a long term sub at Elaine's school for the last 6 weeks of the school year. The course was Math 7, and I loved every minute of it. Middle schoolers are a *hoot*! So much, in fact, that I decided to take the plunge and am now enrolled in a teaching credential program. That is putting a crimp on our summer, but then, so is everything else.

We have had to travel to southern California three times in the last few weeks. The first time was to participate in the festivities around the receipt of the Distinguished Schools Award for Elaine's school at Disneyland. (Two days later we chaperoned the 8th graders at Great America - talk about theme park fatigue...)

Two weeks later I had business in Bakersfield, followed by our son's wedding in Santa Barbara. We took the opportunity to stay with some old friends in Fillmore in between, which was wonderful. Then last week we needed to meet with our accountant in Redlands, as it didn't seem as though there would be another chance to do so this summer, what with the Bach Festival starting in a week and lasting clear up until Elaine's new school year starts in August.

Tired!