Boy howdy, it sure is cold out there

It's supposed to be 25 degrees outside this evening and early morning. That means it will probably be about 55 or 60 in my apartment when I wake up. It's about 73 in here right now, but when I go to sleep I turn off the gas heaters because they're older than dirt and I like to be able to keep an eye on them when they're running. I have a quiet electric heater that I leave running all night while I sleep, but it can't really keep up. It would probably be below 50 if I didn't use it, though.

The cold also means that the crack in my car's windshield will probably grow tonight. I'll soon be coming into a little bit of money, though, and replacing the windshield is on the to-do list. That, along with getting the timing belt changed, which is close to $500 by itself. I'll also get the water pump replaced because the timing belt drives it, so I don't want to risk it going out and forcing me to repeat the entire timing belt procedure and cost. I'll also be paying all my credit cards down to zero, so I won't be swimming in debt anymore. That will certainly be nice.

I haven't been up to much new lately. Work is going fairly well; my sales are quite decent considering my relative newness at this. Things weren't as good as expected the day after Thanksgiving, but foot traffic was surprisingly low, so my sales were quite good all things considered.