Had work done this week, and it turns out, Hyannis Toyota’s fees are competitive.

Oil change
Air Filter
Valve cover gasket replaced
Three drive belts replaced

Heard this on the radio the other day when I was driving back from Hyannis Toyota and it resonated.

Now looking back at all we’ve planned
We let so many dreams
Just slip through our hands
Why must we wait so long
Before we’ll see
How sad the answers
To those questions can be

Do you know where you’re going to
Do you like the things that life is showing you
Where are you going to
Do you know

Do you get
What you’re hoping for
When you look behind you
There’s no open doors
What are you hoping for
Do you know

Last night at Not Your Average Joe’s.  Got my account reinstated JIT.

Ron finished the little fence around the small tulip patch and I anchored the fence on one of the other gardens.

At a meeting of the Woods Hole “pod” this week, it was gratifying to see the number of women who are able to make a living in STEM fields in this area.

They claimed to value diversity in their work forces, but no one in these competitive fields wants to hear that their professional success is the result of luck and social class as much as hard work and ability, nor are they really willing to do what is needed to lower the barriers for those who weren’t born as lucky.

Shoreline Walks

Even David Heinemeier Hansson looks up code.

Got the truck back with a new emergency brake.

Ron and I cleared the pile of branches that’s been building up for months.

I blew off one stupid technical assessment but completed another that was successful.

Ron paid for my garden tools at WhatAGrind.

The old bathroom faucet is warranteed for life, so we were able to get a replacement.  BCL did the install on the 1st.  Phenomenal customer service from Allison at Ferguson.

Ron’s joint account debit card was compromised.  Rockland’s fraud unit messaged him about a charge at a New York CVS.  There was a 15 minute wait to get through to their customer service, so I called our local branch.

I got put on hold, twice.  They were short-handed and although they had customers, stupidly answered the phone.  We got cut off a couple of times.

Luckily, a “floater” picked up the phone the third time I called.  She was able to resolve our problem as opposed to lecturing me about the importance of other customers, blah, blah, blah.

I’ve been cooking this week: lasagna, pork chops, turkey breast.  We will not starve.

The firm in NY state wants me to take a coding test this afternoon using a technology I haven’t touched in seven years which wasn’t in their job description.  Setup?

Ron applied for three jobs this week at Botello, Liberty Liquors and a funeral home in Bourne.

In between filling out applications and keeping me from blowing the roof off the house, he reinstalled the shower curtain rod.

I made orange chicken, lasagna, cherry pie.

Did 45 minutes on the recumbent bike.

Rented Manchester by the Sea.  Not exactly “The Sound of Music”.