I finally decided to follow on the problem of not getting notified when problems occur. The person to whom I talked about the problem of the lost messages investigated and found that there had been an error made that prevented the messages from being delivered. It is unsettling to find out that there had been a problem for so long but the good thing coming out of it is that future problems will actually be acted upon much earlier.

We have been having problem with one of the tires on the car; it had developed a slow leak. Well, today, that tired decided to replace slow with fast. Of course, it had to happen in the pouring rain as my wife was going to her doctor's appointment. She was able to drive to a nearby service station and fill the tire with enough air to get the car to Wal-Mart were we were able to get the spare tire put on the car (Wal-Mart could not, in the short time left to their work day, fix the tire). At least the car can be used again. And tomorrow we will get the tire fixed (and the oil changed as well while we're at it).

Good night!