i have a valid excuse!!

i've been in the hospital. did i mention that i carpool to work? i carpool to work. or i carpooled. until two weeks ago when the tall, blonde girl drove me to work in the snow and her windshield wipers and defroster weren't working. so... we stopped at a gas station in the midst of the sub-zero quasi blizzard weather and she got two gallons of the windshield fluid--which worked like a charm. until she started mumbling something about wal-mart and how there was an ice repeller and something about oil... blah blah... wd-40... blah blah. the next thing you know, the windshield is perfect and clear. and then... she goes and sprays the whole thing down with wd-40. i'm not embittered or anything. and no i don't have any pictures. it was horrible. the whole thing turned white and greasy and flaky and weird and then she actually tried to drive on the streets with it. and we got into an accident. i didn't have any broken bones, but the doctors were very concerned about internal fraying. fortunately, i was given a clean bill of health. and thank goodness the weather has cleared up. and i've totally hidden the wd-40. i should have known. a girl who will duct tape her car together and drive with no tranny fluid will try anything. do you know there's a rumour that she tried to dilute gasoline with water? i mentioned it to her once and she said, "well, for all we know, it could have been a huge gasoline conspiracy. water dilutes shampoo." surely whe was kidding. surely. but... i rode in a car with her with wd-40 on the windshield, so who the heck knows?!
and that is why i haven't blogged in two weeks.