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Another slow week for the blog.\u00a0 It\u2019s not that nothing happens.\u00a0 I just don\u2019t feel the spirit to write about it.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t sound interesting to me and therefore, probably not interesting to anyone else.\u00a0 Now that made my life sound boring.\u00a0 I assure you, it is not.<\/p>\n
Sascha makes sure that I have things to do.\u00a0 She is always wanting to be fed, put out, brought back in, play with me, what are you doing. That seems to be her world.\u00a0 And she likes it that way.<\/p>\n
I keep up with the house in the midst of working.\u00a0 It\u2019s gotten easier now that there are 5 of me around the office to handle projects, meetings, and requests.\u00a0 I guess I\u2019ve just gotten lazy since I don\u2019t have to keep up with everything.\u00a0 It\u2019s really nice to have enough people to spread over the projects and requests so that someone is taking care of whatever is happening.<\/p>\n
That doesn\u2019t mean that I\u2019m getting replaced.\u00a0 Everyone seems to use my knowledge and expertise as part of their job.\u00a0 I\u2019m kind of like the old lady that you go to for advice.\u00a0 I call myself the architect, but it\u2019s more like I\u2019ve lived on the block longer than the other kids.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I\u2019ve been trying to sort out transportation issues this week.\u00a0 The Dodge has been having air conditioning trouble since late last year.\u00a0 Rich and Rick tried replacing the evaporator and some other parts to fix it.\u00a0 That didn\u2019t work too well.\u00a0 It would hold coolant for a couple of days and be running hot again.\u00a0 After messing around for quite a while, I needed to get the problem fixed.\u00a0 I need to use the truck to go to Southern Indiana at the end of August.\u00a0 That means I need A\/C that works.<\/p>\n
This week proved to be just as hot as the last one.\u00a0 I actually captured my weather station recording 101 on the screen.\u00a0 It topped at 102 that day.\u00a0 We had three days that topped at 102.\u00a0 That\u2019s crazy for the Chicago area.\u00a0 It\u2019s usually surprising that we can get the temp to cooperate for some good swimming days in the summer!\u00a0 This was the first week of July.\u00a0 I don\u2019t even want to know what the dog days of summer will bring in August.<\/p>\n
I got Rich to agree to take it to a new place.\u00a0 So on Friday, we dropped it off and Ken promised to get back to us by the end of the day.\u00a0 Turns out the last bit of issues might have been O rings on the valves.\u00a0 We\u2019ll see if they hold up for a few more days before we declare victory on this one.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, I had to make Rich go and look at new trucks.\u00a0 If I remember right, I had to make him go buy the Dodge way back when.\u00a0 He wants a smaller truck and that means either a Toyota or a Nissan.\u00a0 No one else makes a small truck.\u00a0 We drove over to Crystal Lake to the Nissan dealer.\u00a0 They were quite happy to talk to us and go for a test drive.\u00a0 The truck was nice.\u00a0 But it wasn\u2019t a truck really.\u00a0 It was more like riding in a car.<\/p>\n
Then we went by the Toyota dealer in Crystal Lake.\u00a0 It took them forever to come back and tell us they didn\u2019t have a truck in stock.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t really go over anything with us either.\u00a0 We got a book and managed to get out the dealership.\u00a0 If the dealer is any indication, Rich will probably be getting a Nissan.\u00a0 We plan to go into a Toyota dealer in Schaumburg over lunch hour on Monday and see how it goes.\u00a0 No one appears to have the truck he wants in our area, so we\u2019ll probably have to drive the larger model.<\/p>\n
It’s time for Ren Faire again.\u00a0 Rick really wants to see this band, Tartanic, at the faire.\u00a0 This is a bunch of guys dressed in kilts, playing drums and bagpipes, and having a good time on stage.\u00a0 Rick loves these guys.\u00a0 They are only there for 3 weeks.\u00a0 The weather broke around here on Saturday, so we are going to our first Ren Faire of the season on Sunday.\u00a0 I need to get a picture of Rick with the band for the blog.\u00a0 This would be brothers in skirts.\u00a0 I forgot about the two ladies who help them out.\u00a0 Erin and Sophia dance jigs to the bagpipe and drum music also. Brothers and sisters in skirts?<\/p>\n
I\u2019d have to say that the economy is looking up by the number and types of booths at the faire.\u00a0 Everything was filled and they appeared to have a lot of inventory.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen a bigger crowd for the faire, but there were definitely a lot of people there.\u00a0 It\u2019s always better for people watching when a lot of people are around.\u00a0 They dress in a little bit of everything.<\/p>\n
Even thought it was a lot cooler, it was still pretty hot.\u00a0 I think I got a little heat stroke.\u00a0 About 3:00, I felt sick to my stomach and like I wanted to pass out.\u00a0 We managed to make it through the Dirk and Guido show.\u00a0 It appears that Guido is not well and unable to perform.\u00a0 His grand nephew, Bravo, appeared in his place.\u00a0 It plays more like a father and son act now, but still the same content.\u00a0 I got my pecans and cashew and then we headed home.<\/p>\n
Sascha was really glad to see us when we got home.\u00a0 It might have been the chicken we got on the way into the house or might have been that she got fed.\u00a0 Either one, she seemed to enjoy them both.\u00a0 It felt good to get into the A\/C.\u00a0 The temp only got up to 89, but it definitely was not as comfortable as I thought it might feel after the 100 degree temps.<\/p>\n
We thought for a while that we might have to make a road trip to Georgia.\u00a0 Our friends, Barb and Mike, sent their daughter, Gracie, to Florida to work in her aunt\u2019s Physical Therapy clinic.\u00a0 Gracie is contemplating taking this route for her career.\u00a0 Mike flew down to help Gracie drive back home.\u00a0 In Macon, GA, the car broke down.\u00a0 We volunteered to drive down to get them and haul the car back.\u00a0 Looks like Mike was able to get the part needed to fix it and hopefully they can drive back.\u00a0 Darn, I like road trips.<\/p>\n
Well, back to the regular grind on Monday.\u00a0 I have a delivery on Wednesday, if I can get the mechanics of the online help I\u2019m working on to cooperate.\u00a0 I gotta come up with things for intern to do and keep myself busy.\u00a0 At least the weather is supposed to cooperate and only be in the 80s.\u00a0 That\u2019ll be nice.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a>