Ending a Week

Posted Thu Jul 2, 2009 in Bloggish

I have to make a Reno run this morning. On the way home, the rear passenger-side window malfunctioned and no longer operates. The motor turns, but the window won’t actuate.

When it happened, we were in Hawthorne, Nevada. Young Son rolled down the window to make an image of the setting sun. The window failed. Wife said “That’s the problem with power windows.”

I was pretty disappointed. The little BMW just turned over 80K. We put a lot of miles on that little car — it had just over 30K on the clock when we bought it in September 2006 (after my 325i was totaled).

It’s fortunate it doesn’t rain much here. If it did, I doubt I could have kept the car’s interior dry. But, the rain moved on last week and the days are now warm and the evenings are cool. So I’ll drive to Reno this morning and have the dealer repair the window. I’ll carry my work kit with me and get some work done. Then I’ll stop by and visit Wife for a few minutes (maybe get to share lunch) and head for the office to wrap up most of the things on my plate.

Tomorrow is a day off in celebration of Independence Day. I might have to watch a movie of our independence in remembrance of the sacrifice of our forefathers for the freedom they so desired. That’s a bittersweet thing for me these days, because I watch the erosion of that freedom for the sake of an implied security. But, I think I’ll go no further with the political there, at least for now.

Tomorrow morning I’ll work a bit. I have a few things to catch up on and am still in the process of sorting out work priorities. Then either tomorrow morning or Saturday morning I’ll get in a little range time. I think I’ll take a rifle the next trip. I’ll get some pistol practice in too. But I can’t work more than an hour or two before I start to lose focus.

I was saddened to learn that Karl Malden died earlier this week. He was a fine entertainer and I appreciate his work.

Now off to work for me.