hoorah! no potatoe sluggishness today!!!

40 minutes, 33 in the zone, more because I kept going over. I had a lot of aggravation to work out today.

Back: lat pulldowns: 40 lbs, 5 sets, 12 reps
row: 60 lbs, 5 sets, 12 reps

Breakfast: cereal with soy milk
Fasting BG: 131 (hrm, too many carbs last night? I had dosa for dinner, sorta over carby)

    off to make some tea before meeting.

cv joint? something clicking this way comes

Just before leaving on my grand adventure, I started hearing a clicking noise when I make hard left turns. Not all the time. Now today, I hear it all the time -- I'm taking the car to a shop this weekend, but I sorta suspect it might be the CV joint in the front. Now I really have NO IDEA what that means -- does it just need to be repacked and regreased, or do I have to replace parts of the axle?

so:
1. more info on the intraweb that would be useful for me would be great
2. anyone have an idea how much this is going to cost me?

its a 2003 Toyota Matrix XR with 82,000 miles on it. The last major service it had was at 60K miles and included:

Replace engine air filter

Replace engine coolant

Replace engine oil and oil filter

Rotate tires

Inspect the following:

Ball joints and dust covers     Brake lines and hoses     Brake linings/drums and brake pads/discs     Differential oil     Drive belts      Drive shaft boots     Engine valve clearance     Exhaust pipes and mountings     Fuel lines and connections, fuel tank band and fuel tank vapor vent system hoses     Fuel tank cap gasket     Radiator core and condenser     Steering gear box     Steering linkage and boots     Transfer case oil (4WD)     Transmission fluid or oil

and everything but the brakes was cool, and I had all the fluids flushed. After that, every 3K miles or so, it gets an oil change. The next major service is supposed to be at 90K miles.

I dont want to take it to a Toyota dealer, because they TOTALLY overcharged for the fluids flushing and wanted to charge me over 400$ for the brakes, which were done at brakemaster's for 135$....