Today is my mom's birthday! I called her in the early afternoon to wish her well, and we decided that I will be taking her out to lunch later this week. I still owe her $50 too (she picked a Christmas present up for me @ the store, haven't seen her since to pay her back).

I walked around the Aurora Mall today. Those of you who haven't been here the last few years haven't seen it in its remodeled finished glory. I think the construction brought it up from a 2 star establishment to a 3.2 star establishment (out of...five, I guess). I had to have automotive work done on our new (used) truck. It's a 1987 K5 Blazer, full size with a V8 engine. I love it even though I'm not crazy about the color (sky blue white trim). Today I got the alignment fixed, the steering column worked on (it's noticeably better now, not nearly as loose as it was), an oil change, all the other fluids changed, new front brakes and had it checked out while it was up in the air, see what work needs to be done.

Well, A LOT of work needs to be done. About $1,000 worth of work in addition to what I had done today ($225). We already had new tires put on, but the main thing seems to be that the body of the car itself, the chassis, struts, etc all need to be repaired/replaced. All things considered, it's a 24-year-old truck and it's very likely that it still has all the original parts (although I know that the engine has about 5,000 miles on it). So tomorrow after I go get the emissions testing done, and after I wait and wait at the DMV, if there's enough time left in the day then I will get those repairs done then. It might have to wait until Wednesday though.