Thanks to Brad, I have somewhat reliable transportation for the moment. He's got a spare, plus he's going on vacation today so he said I could use his car. It's a gorgeous powder blue mercury topaz of a 1986 vintage. I couldn't quite pinpoint the smell, but it was familiar and WAS NOT wet dog/hurricane/sewage smell, which is a good thing. This morning on the way to work I recognized the smell: it reminds me of my grampa's work car back when I was a kid. Dirt, sunbaked old car and tool smell! :)

If only the driver's side window rolled down, I'd be set. As it is, the passenger window goes down, and the A/C is broken, but at least I can get in to work and back. I tried to drive it downtown yesterday to go to the motor vehicle dept and get some other paperwork sorted, but in the heat of the day, in downtown traffic (there are still no streetlights, so it's Guerrila 4-way Stop situations) it very nearly overheated, and it DID stall and I had to wait a few mins before it would start up again. I got it back to the office and parked it there until it was time to go home.

Driving home is a tricky gamble: I have to wait til after 5:30 or so so I dont encounter any traffic going home, but I have to make sure it's before the sun goes down because the headlights are pretty much for decoration only!

I noticed this morning on the way in that Canton Restaurant has a hand-painted sign out by the road saying that they're open! woo! Canton at The Strand is the best Chinese restaurant on the island.