A Nice Day

So I got up around 6a and puttered for an hour before going out for a run. It was foggy, but not too bad. Did 4.25 in 35:15, pretty decent little tempo run. Came home, got a shower, and took the car to the mechanic's place.

When you hear a mechanic greet one of his regular customers with, "Well, you're well and truly fucked," it's not comforting. I figured the "Check Engine" light would be a several hundred-dollar hickey. The mechanic hooked up the diagnostic computer to the Outback and came up with code P0440. Muttered something about a malfunctioning emissions control vacuum, which sounded ominous. Turned out I hadn't clicked the gas cap for the last quarter-turn. I laughed.

"The car gods will hear you," he warned.

Scooted by the post office and bank, then worked most of the morning in the Internet cafe. Got a fair amount of work done before having to take a break and run home with the car -- Stink, the border collie, had figured out there was a break in the invisible fence, and took off. By the time I got home, Lisa had found him. So I went back to the Internet cafe. Wrapped up another chunk of work, then went for a 0.75 mile swim.

Came back and did some more work. Finally wrapped things up around 530p. Went out for some cheap Chinese food and ran by Home Depot for some miscellaneous crap, including a garden hose, batteries for the dog collars and a couple of strawberry plants.

First time in a long while that it hasn't rained. We'll see how long that lasts.