Saturday – 29 March 2008
After waking up and watching today’s episode of Legion of Super-Heroes, I took the car to the dealership to (finally) get the turn signal replaced. And an oil change. Because oil is important. Ian, the service associate on duty, estimated the price for both services at over $300 USD.

O.o
YeahbuhWHAT!?!

I told him that it wasn’t that high the last time that I had a the oil and a light fixture changed. “We’ve done this for you before?” Yes. Yes, you did. He looked through the service history and there it was – Big as day and twice as bright: December 2007, oil change and passenger-side turn signal assembly replaced. He checked a couple of other things and recalculated. It came back at roughly half the original estimate.

I discovered that I had a pulse again.

showed up and we went in search of a new work wardrobe for him. We headed to one of the area Kohl’s stores and went to work. Part of the challenge was to get him to at least consider a few things outside his norm. Pants. Shirts. Ties. The whole nine yards. We found a number of really good combinations that I think will work well in his new “business casual” work environment while still allowing him to have a good bit of personal style and flair. We also ran into , Josh and Josh’s daughter while there.

Back to the dealership to get the car. The final cost was even less than the secondary estimate. (Pulse rate remained normal.)

On to find a new pair of work/dress shoes. Done in one stop… and with the second pair of shoes that he looked at.

All-in-all, I’d say that it was a good and productive afternoon.

Tonight: We’re going to the Utah Blaze game.

Namaste.