It's good to have options

On a day when...

• I fell asleep in front of a work training video at 9pm last night and stayed in bed for an extra hour this morning out of dread of an upcoming landlord fight, 
• Alex camped out in front of the bedroom door at 5:30am, AND
• the dog is suffering from a slight intestinal complaint that makes it inadvisable to leave him alone for a day in our carpeted apartment...

it's really nice to have a car.