Before we get to today's post, let's look at this fine apartment in New York City. As written in New York Magazine, this is fairly new at 5 years old without any renovations and located right next to Central Park. Asking price? Just a cool $989,000. That's with a discount since its location at Manhattan Avenue hasn't been embraced by home buyers as of yet. So get it while it's...cool.

My co-worker just can't catch a break. Before I took my present job, she had just returned from a stint on the DL, dealing with a bulging disc in her back. She returned when I started but left a month later after being diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome. During this time, her daughter was charged with DUI and hit-and-run as she hit a motorcyclist, killing him. To deal with that, she needed to sell her home to pay for legal fees and move to the Central Valley while still commuting to Sunnyvale. On a happier note, she got married for a third time but her sibling was dealing with a divorce, so she took care of two more children. Just last month, her daughter was found guilty of two misdemeanors, which sounds bad but it could've been much, much worse. However, just a week later, her car was broken into.

Which brings us to today. She was the victim of a hit-and-run when a Ford Expedition ran into her car from behind. What the driver of the Ford didn't know was that his front license plate was part of the wreckage left behind, allowing police to find his house and charge him. She and her kids in the car are fine, but still, my co-worker's car is totaled in yet another odd chapter in her life.