I would categorize today as a productive day. Maybe not productive in terms of making money, but in terms of getting things done. Cleaned up around the house a little bit in the morning when I woke up. Headed over to campus where I met up with Ricky for lunch. We had intended on eating in our normal locale, Jester Dorm, but they closed the cafeteria for the break. Don't they know that there are students here that have to eat?! Oh well, we had Chipotle. We were able to catch up on the last couple of weeks... Ricky told me that he was just getting over a bad case of the flu. How comforting.

Went into the lab for a little while and got some stuff done. I should be getting more stuff done in the next couple of days. It's hard to keep working not having any company there in the lab, but it's nice when I want some peace and quiet. Later in the afternoon, I met up with David and gave him a lesson on how to drive standard in my car. He picked it up pretty quickly I thought. A lot faster than I picked it up when I started driving. Then we went over to the local Starbucks and caught up for a little while before parting ways.

During the driving lesson though, there was this really ugly screeching sound coming from the car. At first I thought it was from the back of the car, but when I stuck my head out the window, I realized it was coming from the wheels. When I got home I realized that my passenger front brake pads had worn down and the metal indicator was creating this really nasty sound that was like the weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Fortunately I still had the old stock pads for my car so I just popped one of them back on the car and like MAGIC, the screeching was gone. But I will need a new pad soon enough. Perhaps next month when I have more monies.

Thanks to everyone who has been asking about Project Corolla. I appreciate the support. It's gonna be great when it's done.