So in my "what the..." moment of the month, this morning I found myself stepping on my rear view mirror as I entered my car.



(Just for you Rachel.)

Anyway, this was quite an odd discovery, because the last I had checked, my rear view mirror was sitting happily on my windshield.

Now most people would say "oh that sucks, guess I'll have to fix it during my lunch break."

Of course most people would still have the other two mirrors left, and let's face it, I'm not most people.

So after an extraordinarily long pause of staring at this curious item now resting my floor, I decided it was probably not in my best interest to tackle rush hour traffic completely blind. So I go back inside and call my dad with my usual "ummm fix this" phone call. Not so surprisingly, he couldn't fix it from Portland. So I drove to Shucks (which was a lot closer than the Eastside!) bought some glue, and stuck it back on.

Now the question is, will it still be attached to the windshield when I return to my car after work???

My dad had some suggestions if the answer is no (these are all direct quotes):

1) If it still falls off, take your old laptop and a webcam, use the glue to glue your laptop on your dash and the webcam to your bumper - it should work. Plus you could start your own webpage. Call it “julia’s rear view” or something like that.

2) Next time you rent a car for an intern send him your car and take the rental. Tell him that the company is starting an austerity campaign. Keep your car in the hands of an intern, and let yourself keep cycling through new rentals every few days. If they complain about the mirror, tell them to talk to Hertz.

3) Or you could just tell your next intern that his assignment will be riding your back seat and reporting what he sees...

I do like a good power trip...