I have good news!
First, my bike is fixed and the fork is no longer backwards! So, now, I am going riding for the first time here in Maryland!
Second... I finally got a job & start Monday. I have not had a job since January 2009.
Third... our new girl comes home Wednesday from Cali. She is a 4 year old French Bulldog. Long story, but she was my husbands' ex-wife's dog that he had bought her before they separated. She either gave her away or sold her. He got a call on Monday from San Bernadino animal control.. a good citizen had found her while walking her own dog, hiding in the bushes, after having been dragged by a car(no idea how she got to California) She was micro chipped as a puppy, so it still had my husband's phone # in it. She will join her brother, Guinness, who is also a Frenchie, who is 5 years old, and my 2 cats!