Oh where, oh where has my little car gone?`

I'm becoming well-versed in public transportation since my car is still at the repair shop. I've hit all 4 modes already this week, and it's only Tuesday. Taxi 3x on Monday, and bus and metro on Tuesday. I have to admit, it's been a trial for me. Mainly because we live a little ways out of town, it takes so long to get anywhere using public transport. A 15-minute car drive to playgroup is quickly stretched into a 45-minute travel experience on bus. It has been a lesson from above on patience and learning to slow down a bit.

As for my car, the official report is that the main part of the transmission needed to be replaced. Therefore, it is a 2 week repair job and another 40000 Czech crowns, or $2000. Definately the high end of what we were anticipated and we can only pray that this will be the end of repair jobs, at least for the remainder of the year!

This morning I rejoined the Riverside PTA moms on a trip to the Dvorak Museum. It's a museum honoring the Czech Republic's most famous composer Antonin Dvorak. The museum itself was quite small, but the day was beautiful and it was nice to get out. The side bonuses were the cappucino on the way and I also picked up some Czech piano music. (Music has no language barriers!)