The NT Challenge and Beyond

 A few weeks ago, I noticed a significantly-sized crack on the windshield of my car... Now let me preface this with the fact that I have had a tiny spot close to the bottom of the windshield for the last two years, almost as long as I've had this car. It looked like this: Doesn't seem all that big, does it? It's smaller than a fingernail, and the crack on my windshield had remained this small for the last two years. Until all of a sudden, I got in my car heading to campus one Tuesday morning and it wasn't this small anymore. It became this: That curved line snuck up on me, and it kept growing for the next week and a half! It seemed like every time I got in my car it grew by 2-3 inches, and I knew I had to get it fixed right away. Driving was difficult having my line of vision distorted, and the sun always hit just the right spot to blind me with no hope of lessening the brightness with a visor. I dislike driving already, and now for this week and a half drivin