Working at the Car Wash, Yeah

It is highly important with the salt solution on the roads and highways here to keep one’s car clean between rain and snow storms, and to keep the undercarriage free of salt.

On Sunday we took my car to the fancy car wash across the street with brushes et al and paid for the $12 wash if it snowed or rained again by Tuesday. Today I took it to the less expensive one where you park and the apparatus (no brushes) moves back and forth and gives me a distinct feeling of seasickness.

We brought Zoe with us both times. She was calm the first time, even with soap obscuring the windows and brushes everywhere. Today, she’s in the back on her 4″ orthopedic bed on a 3.5′ tie-down behind a cargo net. As I’m trying to keep the car from moving and trying to keep down my lunch, I hear a crash. Zoe’s gone around the cargo net, scrambled into the back seat (leather), scattered mail everywhere and is choking to death.

I put on the parking brake, sat on the console and did anything I could to free her from her collar. Needless to say, it freaked both of us out. I finally rushed through the drying phase, parked and re-installed her in back.

It’s probably not a scary moment for most people but it’s my first time doing that kind of car wash alone with the dog and with the feeling that the car is in motion the entire time it was very strange. Let’s hope they don’t have cameras in there or we’ll end up on YouTube.

Lasagne for dinner. I still can’t get used to the grocery stores but I brought enough pantry items and herbs/spices that I haven’t yet needed to do a full shopping trip.

Hopefully we’ll be able to leave Zoe and see a movie and get a bite to eat for lunch tomorrow, and get Jim a new pair of casual shoes for work. His current rubber-soled leather ones lasted at least a couple of years and this week the sole developed a crack so water gets in it every time he goes outside. So that’s a “must do” this weekend, OK because the outlet stores are right across the way. I’d just rather get there early ahead of the crowds.

Have a great weekend! Hope you cook up some Springtime dishes as I’m unable or unwilling to do as yet. I just did see a pair of ducks float by, though. No, they’re in a nature preserve!!! Please believe I’d rather look at them then eat them. Cheers, Dee