A productive day today....

[kyrielle]

Had to take the car in for DEQ testing and new license tags at some point; today presented itself. I adore not working Fridays. Going to the DEQ station early on a Friday afternoon is bliss, compared to the Saturday lines. Since I was out, I did most of my out and about errands - stopped at the bank, put gas in the car (as getting home is also nice, and it was kinda low), had the oil changed (must be "take care of my car" day!), all that fun stuff.

It hit 80 today. This is ridiculous: it's early APRIL for pity's sake. I added a stop at the consignment shop on to my list and got two pairs of shorts. I haven't worn shorts in years; I came to loathe them as a teenager. Of course, when I was a teenager, the ones that are so skimpy they are almost underpants were The Style (even in PE classes at school, for pity's sake!). No one likes a garment that simultaneously makes them feel like they're on the verge of exposing things you ought not, and makes them look absurd. Those shorts did that nicely for me. Now, I don't know what's "in" or whatnot, but it is not hard to get "shorts" that go most of the way to my knees and are comfortable instead of, well, not. They may or may not be fashionable but they please me and they'll be comfy and they look nice to my eyes, so....

The laundry is half-done, the dishes are running, the cats are spoiled (this is not particularly a task of my day, just a fact of my reality, I suppose), the pants that I needed to return to Land's End have been shipped back, I have an mp3 player that can handle (in theory, I will test it in a little bit) DRM-protected .wma files (which is what I get when downloading from my library's online audiobook service) as well as mp3's.

I didn't get everything on the to-do list done, but since it's a weekend-long to-do list, I don't feel too bad. Okay, really it's a two-day list because Sunday we are going up for Easter dinner with Scott's aunt and uncle and their family.

I would have taken photos today - there were a couple nice shots I could have gotten - but I forgot the camera. Ack! Oh, well....

Comments

[djadjamankh.livejournal.com]

My usual days off are Thursday and Friday -- and I second your love of the weekday off. There are no lines! There's parking everywhere! One can go to a movie at the last minute, especially matinees!

And I, too, share your Shorts Trauma. For years now I've all but avoided wearing either shorts or pants, favoring skirts almost exclusively, because I was told back in the seventies that the tinyshorts made my butt look "pointy."

Also? Here's to spoiled cats.

[kyrielle]

And I've clung to pants because while I love skirts, I feel half-nekkid in them, and (much more pertinent, as I could overcome the first), too many lack pocketses. (The "half-nekkid" thing mostly began, I think, when I attended a Catholic school with a uniform rule for 8-10 grade. They dropped the uniform rule after that, but I had to go in checked plaid skirts every weekday. And ride home on the public bus, too, for a couple years. Not having any choice made me resent it a bit, especially as the skirts were knee-length, pleated, and, well, schoolgirl skirts. Add to this that we had to wear them even in freezing weather...well. Waiting for a bus in one of those was not fun. It's funny. I buy skirts, now and then. But I seldom wear them any more. Argh!)

[lunargeography.livejournal.com]

We were up in the 70ies and humid last week... and now we've got snow on the ground again. And I understand the need for longer shorts, myself. Are you ok with crop pants? Those are in and can be pretty comfy.

[kyrielle]

I haven't encountered anything like that that I found comfy, but who knows. Shorts are, at any rate, what I have now. :)

[canyoncat.livejournal.com]

Is DEQ the emissions/CO2 test? I wonder how they are going to do that here with the Prius since the gas engine shuts down when it's not being used.

I am really looking forward to 80s/90s in the Canyon next week. It will be nice to feel warm outside again.

[kyrielle]

Yep, it is. And that is an interesting question! I wonder whether they can do some sort of treadmillish thingy? That seems unlikely, tho. Hmmm. Perhaps there is something in the cars' computers they can turn on to get it. Or perhaps they're out of luck.... Who knows?

You are welcome to the 80s/90s. For me that is not warm, it is hot - I hate to think of hiking in it! But it sounds like you'll enjoy it. :)

[canyoncat.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what happens if you press down on the accelerator while the thing is in Park, never tried it. I wonder if it would force the gas engine to do something or if it is still smart enough to know that the engine is not needed. In a normal car I know that would cause the engine to rev up.