August 1, 2005

Our move to Cali has hit a bit of a road block, leaving us hanging out in the 'Ville a few extra days while Jennifer's car gets fixed. The electronically controlled rack and pinion(?) steering went bad on the Prius. Don't even ask how much the repair is ! Of course, a Prius MUST be repaired by a certified Prius technician and the parts that were ordered today have to come in from Cincinnati and will arrive tomorrow morning. So we're leaving on Wednesday instead of today. I just figure that it's a good thing that it happened here and we're able to hang out with friends and family while it gets fixed. Otherwise we might be stranded in the middle of Kansas or the Nevada desert.

Another pain in the ass is that the screen on my phone is broken and i can't get to my contacts list to call anyone. When NEXTEL had no available phones to swap out I had them print a list of my contacts. That lasted about a day, then I lost it. So I guess I'll get another one. They're supposed to get me a phone today, we'll see. So now I guess we'll take advantage of the time we have here to visit more and relax a bit before we hit the trail again.