…but golly,<\/i> it was a lovely walk home from the dealership this morning! I love, love, love<\/i> being out and about in the hours between midnight and dawn. I rarely am these days because, unlike the booming 80s years, practically nothing is open at night anymore. I used to do my grocery shopping at 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. but those days are long gone.<\/p>\n
It was nippy last night for April, 38 degrees. I left the key and paperwork in the drop box. The sky was barely starting to pale–local sunrise was 5:44 a.m. and it was then about 4:15–but the birds were starting to sing. The clouds had cleared and I was accompanied by a perfectly round, butter-yellow Full Moon in the southwest sky the whole way.<\/p>\n
It’s always interesting to note all the smells on the air. I’d have enjoyed them even more if it hadn’t been quite so cold and given me the sniffles. \ud83d\ude41 Here, dryer sheets–someone was up early (or late) doing their laundry. A whiff of cooking smell, someone up making breakfast. Skunk, as I passed a brushy stretch–maybe a nest of babies nearby. Sweet flowery smell, not sure what. Odd chemical smell, couldn’t quite ID it. Horses. Someone on Main Street has chickens, I could hear the roosters crowing faintly from inside their barn as I walked by. A few cars and trucks passed me. I couldn’t help wondering where they were going at 4:30 a.m.–early commuters? Late partyers? Emergency? Insomnia? But I’m sure they wondered exactly the same thing about me!<\/p>\n
I just got back from picking up the car, and it was almost as nice a walk down: sunny, clear blue sky, milder temperatures, quite a blustery wind today. The car has four new tires and a new inspection sticker, and the only “repair” work was some adjustments to the throttle that I requested because it was a little sticky in cold weather this winter. That Aveo is a damned reliable car. The guy at the dealership said that I’ve owned it exactly five years and one day as of today, which is hard to believe! (And the loan isn’t paid off yet. *sigh*) I probably should trade it in for something newer and “greener,” but I really love that car, and it’s running so well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
…but golly, it was a lovely walk home from the dealership this morning! I love, love, love being out and about in the hours between midnight and dawn. I rarely am these days because, unlike the booming 80s years, practically … Continue reading