It's not my intention to put off our Anthrohio trip report indefinitely but it sure gets to looking like that, doesn't it? I promise, it'll come soon and keep on going a while.
But right now I just want to cry a little about my car. Not seriously. It's just that it came up for its 150,000-mile maintenance, a modest-sized one. And I figured this was a natural time to replace the hubcap I'd lost at on Ohio Turnpike toll booth. (Guy in the Parts department said yeah, that happens a lot, which is either confirming a very particular mid-Michigan car problem or is trying to be empathetic in ways that come out weird.) I also figured it was a natural time to get my driver's side headlight fixture replaced, since the passenger's side came out so fantastic and also the driver's side was now terribly fogged up. ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunnyhugger had asked back when I had the passenger-side replaced why I didn't do both at once and the answer is just that I didn't think it had needed it then. But the comparison was dramatic; I was fine with my left headlight before, but now, with a brand-new crystal-clear cover? It was inadequate.
But, you know, things come up and a wheel bearing failed inspection and, fine, I'll replace that given how I'm hooked on this ``wheels do not fly off unauthorized'' meme. So this ended up being an expensive --- but not long --- repair and, mm, glad I'm working.
Speaking of work. We still have, officially, the plan to move downtown, which was originally scheduled for around October last year, but we still don't know when we're actually doing it. But we're doing something tangible to ``prepare'' for it. Part of the move included a shift to working in-office Monday and Tuesday, rather than Tuesday and Wednesday. Starting in a couple weeks, though, we're changing the in-office days to Monday-Tuesday. The benefit in the new office is to be that we're sharing space with some other department and they have Wednesday-Thursday. The benefit in moving to the new schedule now is that any Monday holidays then result in only one day being in-office that week. And fortunately we'll be seeing a Monday holiday as soon as ... well, Labor Day, but the principle is still good.
Speaking of holidays, how about Halloweekends? Here's some pictures from the start of our Friday, now a full day at the park:
Here's a train on Steel Vengeance and on the unusual angle of going up a hill away from us. You never see that.
Here's a more normal picture of the train on one of its spirals.
And some good news: despite it all, the carp in the Mine Ride lagoon have survived and continue to look for food.
The geese meanwhile can not believe they have to share the water with these folks.
Stitch taking in a view of the freak show signs at the long-ago Frontier Carousel building.
There was just one goat dressed up for Halloween, which suggests we may have walked through a transformation story without recognizing it.
Trivia: Albrecht Dürer's father was a goldsmith who'd migrated from Hungary to Nuremberg. Source: Paper: Paging Through History, Mark Kurlansky.
Currently Reading: Walt Kelly's Pogo and Albert: Dreamin' of a Wide Catfish, Walt Kelly. Editor Mark Burstein.
