I fixed my bike tube last weekend. The offending shard of brown glass was still in the tire. It was nearly a quarter-inch long and was shoved pretty much all the way into the tire. The tube needed two patches right next to each other, but the whole process went pretty quick.

Also, I’ve got some new part-time work lined up. I’ll be putting my degree to some use, sooner than I expected, editing math textbooks and study guides. The pay looks to be pretty nice, and I’ll be working at home and more or less setting my own schedule. The whole situation has a lot of promise, and was frankly a surprising reversal, considering my employment search efforts up to this point.