Yesterday was C.K. Dexter Haven's turn, and I got my car cleaned and detailed, inside and out, washed and waxed and shampooed. Now it's hard to walk away from him in the parking lot each morning, he looks so nice. I did my research, and it paid off. These people did an amazing job, and Dext gleams with pleasure. His carpets and upholstery look like new, and I don't think the outside has ever looked this good, even when I bought him. Maybe I shall take some pictures later to show him off. He and Elwood look very pleased with themselves sitting in our driveway all shiny and preening.
thank you Caitlin for making me think of my car more as a pet than a machine. that's what happens when you marry someone who lives in a world where there are no inanimate objects.
Coming to work every day this week has been very difficult. I'm enjoying spring this year more than I have in a long time (thanks in part to our little yellow house and its pleasant situation and many windows, which have all remained open for about 2 weeks now.) I get out in it in the morning, breath the fresh air, begin to fill with the thoughts of a hundred little things I would love to do in this weather, and then I have to come to work and sit at my computer for 8 hours in the Room with No Windows while spring runs out. It's enough to tempt me strongly to use several vacation days, just to enjoy doing all those other things instead while the weather is so scintillating. I did use one this week actually - I stayed at home doing things in the glorious weather with all the windows open and the wind rustling through the trees and it was everything I'd hoped it could be.
there goes spring, just slipping on by while I sit inside.
what a bummer.
