Daily Update

I finally heard from the insurance company around 5 p.m. today. They now have to send a person out to check out my car to make sure they do their own estimate. It's going to be another 24 to 48 business hours until I actually hear from them though. That's if Jeff Hale called them back today before they left. It looks as though I will probably have my car in the shop by Monday and get them going. I was originally going to take it to Porter Autobody, but now I think I'm going to take it to World Class Collision because of the helpful assistance they've given me. The guys were extremely nice to me while I was there and they even called earlier tonight to see if they could get things moving with it. I hope it gets taken care of really quick. It's cold as hell and I don't really want to drive 75 down the interstate with a bag for a window.

Pica Pole was also tonight. I had a lot of fun and I handed down a few funny things to Eric. I was really happy I found the photo book to give to Eric. I thought we had lost it, but it was just on the shelf. I think the funniest thing was when I gave him the doodle pad for photo illustrations. The whole newsroom signed a sheet of paper with a Daily Eastern News header and my mug next to it. Everyone had some really nice things to say about me. It made me feel really good.

It was kind of sad to be my last day working for the DEN. I have to pack my stuff up in here to take home. Of course I'm glad to have some free time back, but it means I'm going to have to grow up now. Time to start looking for a job. I do have an intership with News-Gazette in Champaign tomorrow. I've already done freelance for them so hopefully that gives me a little edge.