Inspection Day 🔎  🛻

The shop is now open at 8 AM and they want it in by 8;30 AM but first I need to get the hub caps off and the new windshield wiper blade installed as the old one isn’t clearing the window well in the rain and snow, and with winter coming that’s kind of important.

The assemblying of the windshield wiper clips went actually fine this time, 😀 it helps when you buy the right kind, not the absolute cheapest blade, and assemble it in the morning when you are fresh and awake. I checked and all of the lights are working on my truck, no check engine light, it seems to drive about as good as it always does, and I got the hub caps off with no problems as they’re also going to rotate the tires. Topped off the windshield wiper fluid so I don’t have any more annoyance for a day or two of the low windshield washer fluid message, not that it matters for the inspection.

I could have worked from home today, 🖥️ but I had another hearing to go to last night and didn’t want to have to bring my laptop with me or back to work tomorrow, especially as I think I want to ride my bike to work tomorrow and my computer is falling apart and kind of fragile. Instead I want my day off so I can ride and hang out, and wait with baited breath about the inspection 🫦 though I feel odds are good it will be fine and if it’s not, then I’ll get shit fixed before it breaks down in the wilderness or kills me. I probably will ride out to Five Rivers 🐸 for a while this morning, and then when I pick up my pickup, head down to Hannaford for a few supplies. And then just spend the balance of day finishing up the books I have on Hoopla before they return. I should be excited, I still have 10 more Hoopla borrows for the month, but I’ll probably instead finish up that book I have on Libby about raising livestock 🐑 🐐 and then get more books on there – and wait to later in the month to get more on Hoopla, probably before I head up to camp on Christmas Day. 🤶 Generally speaking, Hoopla is a lot more reliable for offline reading 📖 in the wilderness.

Carrot 🥕 were shredded for the cornmeal pancakes with onions, 🥞 and like usual were pretty delicious. Didn’t get up real early this morning, as I needed to catch up on sleep  🛏️ as I was up super late by my standards on Monday. 😦 Feeling better after a good night’s rest, but I want to get my truck to shop shortly right when they open up so hopefully I get it back early in the day so less chance to spend the day worrying.