So I got a new car, sort of

Two weeks ago today I was in a car accident. I don't want to go into details just now, but the main points are:

1. No one was hurt.
2. It wasn't my fault.
3. My car was totaled.

My car was 11 years old and had 132,000 miles on it, so it didn't take much to total it. Still, I was sad. I got the car during my senior year of college, and it's been through a lot with me. I had high hopes that it would last for 200,000 miles. It was running fine up until it's untimely demise (murder, really) so I think it would have lasted. Ah well, them's the breaks.

Anyway, I've been busy dealing with the insurance companies and looking for a new car for the past two weeks. Car shopping was very stressful, but I finally decided on a 2004 Volvo. I've always thought of a car as just a means to an end, a way to get from point A to point B. Whether you enjoy driving the car or not has always been irrelevant to me. But when I drove the Volvo I really enjoyed driving it, and after much hemming and hawing I decided to go for it. I got a great deal on it, and it has heated seats!

In other exciting news, I am in a play for the first time since high school. I studied theater in college, and I did a lot of scenes and student film stuff, but I never acted in a full length play. So this is the first play I've been in since I was 17 years old. I can't believe it's been that long. I have the part of the "lovely, 20 year old heiress", which I find rather amusing. We've been rehearsing for about 2 weeks now and I'm having a lot of fun. If anyone is interested in coming, e-mail me and I'll send you the details.