[Xist]

Haha! April Fool's! ��

I realized years ago that if I don't go to school or work on a given day I rarely get anything done.

My one Thursday client just moved to Wednesday and I didn't work on the shed or do speech therapy with my brother.

I did push-ups and flutterkicks, though, so at least I have that going for me.

It was weird. I was alternating sets, my version of the pyramids we did in Basic, except I hate going 1,1, 2,2, 3,3. I usually try to finish strong, like 5,5, 4,4, 6,6, done!

It felt wrong to stop at 10, but that was the whole point, so I did 10,10, laid on my back and thought "That was the equivalent of 1-4, so I skip to 5? Hey, why is my eyesight pulsing?"

I could see my heartbeat in my eyes?!

Yeah, when I noticed my eyes pulsing I waited it out.

I don't know, maybe if I don't go 10,10, 5,5, 6,6, and then 6,6, 5,5, 10,10 my eyes won't pulse as much.

It's not like my eyes will explode!

When my California sister offered to pay me $500 to give the car to the crazy Alaskan my other sister said she had hoped to buy it off me for her 16-year-old son.

I had wanted to fix it up for him, but he hasn't shown any interest in driving.

I still want to buy myself an accident-free Camry and I would rather buy him an Accord with lower mileage, no leaks, and no dents in the roof, but at least the latter was resolved.

I found the thread where I said body shops claimed they couldn't fix it, but I couldn't find where I posted that I paid Crazy J $240 to fix it.

Anyway, the first time that I rode in my Accord after the Alaskan started driving her I grabbed a handful of garbage and I did that each and every time, as well as asking about new stains and why the rubber floormat is sticky.

I would have cleaned it for my nephew, but a little vacuuming and some spot-cleaning would be nothing compared to cleaning up after 3 careless children.

I think that I have put 3 quarts of ATF in her in a year.

Do you think maybe she will need 4 quarts next year and can eke out a while longer?

She is a 23-year-old car with 225,000 miles and the current driver doesn't take good care of her.

I don't know if my Accord would be better off with the 16-year-old, though.

However, I wouldn't loan her to him, and my sister is firm and responsible.

Anyway, I found far fewer Accords and Camries and the best Accord I found was a 2000 with 212,000 miles for $3,500.
The best Camry was a 2005 with 179,000 miles for $4,200. It is beautiful and has over 20,000 fewer miles than any other in our fleet, but after my accident I saw similar cars for around $3,500.

Then there is the 1997 HX with 255,000 miles in truck country for $3,000.

The Camry is rated 21/31(25), the Accord is rated 20/28(23), and the HX is rated 33/41(36).

FuelEconomy.gov says I would save $250 a year on gas with the Camry over the Accord and another $400 with the HX.

Kelley says the Camry is worth $4,469, the Accord is worth $2,424, and the HX is worth $1,575.

Huh. They are actually asking $269 (6%) less than blue book, versus +$1,076 (+44%), and +$1,425 (+90%).

The Camry is supposed to be a much better value than the Accord and it gets better gas mileage, although they are asking $700 more. Allegedly the Accord would cost me more in 3 years and the Camry and Civic would be even in 3, but which is more likely to have 3 more years left, the Toyota with 179,000 miles, or the Honda with 255,000?