That sounds so great, sj!

Mmm, pork pies.

It is a cool, cloudy, breezy day and later it will rain. Lovely. I've opened all the windows.

Jealous. We're looking at a high of 102. Which might mean it's a good day to go see Magnificent Seven...

I wish I had a sitter so we could go see a movie.

Aw, sarameg, that bites.

Maybe I will drop in for a flu shot while I am out and about. They'll be available at work, but not for a couple of weeks. There's no benefit to getting two, I assume.

For the second year in a row, I need to replace my windshield because the bosses thought putting a sand volleyball pit next to the parking lots was a great idea. Seems no one realized that a mountainside gets high winds during big storms, and high winds pick up sand and blasts it through said parking lots. I had to scrape off a layer a mud after last week's big storm, and I didn't realize how pitted my windshield was because it was two days before the clouds cleared enough for the sun to hit my windshield at the right angle. So until Thursday, when I can get in to replace it, I'll be avoiding driving into the sun at sunset and sunrise. (The cost is below my insurance deductible.)

I have sent an email to my department manager. I didn't say I wanted compensation--I'm hoping they'll realize it's the right thing to do--but I did say the pit was a hazard.

Yikes, I don't like you driving for so long with that kind of a hazard! Be careful.

And maybe a car cover would be a good idea? Or some kind of car blindfold thing to cover the windshield while you're at work. Tarp and a bungee cord, tuck it into the doors, that might work.

A moving blanket might work. I know some of mine are just the right size for a windshield.

Hit the point where I blow my nose and both my ear and tear ducts on that side gurgle. It's rather disgusting.

Or some kind of car blindfold thing to cover the windshield while you're at work.

I think I'm going to have to, if I can figure out one that won't get ripped off by winds. Or park with the back of my car into the wind and sacrifice the back window.

Yikes, what a PITA.

Have walked for Alzheimer's and had lunch with my aunt and uncle. Am now full and sleepy. So maybe an hour or so on the couch before I do some cleaning and grocery shopping.

Sew bungee cords to the cover that can be looped around the side mirrors? Of course, you'd have to get the tension just right so the top didn't just get pulled down.

If you got a $5 tarp with grommets and adjustable bungee cords, similar price range, that side mirror option might be pretty easy. Depending on your side mirrors. I was picturing putting iit on with the doors open and hooking the bungee cords together inside the car, and closing the doors onto the cords. That should stay put.