a not three things post.

[jennlk]

The van is gone! This is, in general, a good thing. We bought it new in 2000, and got 12 good years out of it and another four+ usable years. Then it just sat in the driveway unless J took it out because it really shouldn't sit. The final straw was the ABS unit getting really weird (firing when the vehicle was off and sitting still!), and when J went under the can to fix that, he realised that the coolant leak was not from a leaky hose but from the radiator side of that connection -- it had rusted through. Called up a salvage yard (on the recommendation of the shop I use), and they came and got it!

Ji is spending the day being Casey, and wandering through the door. It's about 50F and sunny outside, and it's been warm long enough that the deck and driveway are dry. There are green things poking up in the side garden. I had to evict him from the laundry basket, so I put the cat blanket in that spot. As you might expect, it shortly contained a cat.