I turned 34 today. It was a rather uneventful day other than the check engine light appearing in my PT Cruiser. I took it to Valvoline in the afternoon and after being informed that my engine had some oil sludge in it and that I hadn't changed the transmission fluid in 90,000 miles I had some new fluids and a check engine light still looking at me. I took it to the local repair shop and they charged me $85 to use the computer reader to determine why the light was on. It said the problem was that the car was low on power steering fluid. He added a two dollar bottle and it made the light go off. It made me wonder about this aging body of mine. I must be getting lower on some necessary items as I grow older like stem cells. It would be nice if there was a service to replenish stem cells every 10 years with fresh ones. I don't know if it would solve many problems but the nice thing about stem cells is that they know where to go and how to fix things without a lot of instructions.

Since that isn't an option for me I am investigating an exercise machine, hopefully a used Precor elliptical runner, to place in the basement to get my lazy butt back into shape.

Madeline turns two tomorrow.