This is a weird time in my life, because I don't currently have a car, nor have I had one for the past 3 weeks. To be more specific, it's being repaired; particularly its nasty tendency to say, "Turn signal? Meh! That's so five minutes ago. Let's shake up the turnpike and just use hand signals!" This has caused me to feel pretty trapped and helpless at home, much like I was at the beginning of my marriage where I really didn't own at a car at all, and lived in a basement in a new town, far away from the old, and full of strangers. Now, of course, I have the children to keep me company, and I do have friends to see in walking distance, s