Zara Is One Lucky Cat

We set up the TV for Zara, and played a video of Casper cartoons to test that the VCR works. It does, and the picture quality is pretty good. The VCR part has an automatic rewind, which is nice. Zara has been watching it on and off, but she doesn't seem to know what to make of it. The problem is that I've started watching it too! We have another video about the jungle that I'll play later for her.

Even if she gets bored with it, I could put it in my bedroom (after I get a new job and move) to watch videos in bed.

Pied-à-Terre

Not sure what to do. The hotel at which I usually stay in Springfield (nice place and also cheap) is booked. I'd prefer to stay at a place that targets business travelers because it'll have a nice desk to work on and a business center in which to print stuff. I also like to have a mini-fridge for my soda. The Courtyard has everything that I would want and then some, but it is pricey. There is a cheap hotel in downtown Springfield that might work, but downtown is a little creepy even during the day, and everything closes at 5 PM. It's also not close to the highway (although everything in Springfield is about 15 minutes away from everything else). The kicker is that I will have a job interview, so I want to be well-rested and happy. Need to think about this....It doesn't make sense to look at hotels in Lincoln (although I would like to check out the town) because I have errands to run in Springfield. Lincoln is only about an hour away, and the interview is in the afternoon.