Thursday, July 03, 2008

Car woes, and excessive heat warning

I've been sitting for the last 3 1/2 hours at the dealership where they just rebuilt our engine last week. Our check engine light came on yesterday, and I guess that it's not a big deal, but they had to update our car's software, and for some reason, it's taking a really long time.
Fortunately, the dealer has free wifi, so I've been able to get some school work done, and now I have time for a blog post.
Yesterday evening, the weatherman announced that the NWS has issued an excessive heat warning for today. Officially, our high is supposed to be 112, which means in reality that on the street it will be close to 120 this afternoon. That, combined with high ozone and the smoke drifting into the Vegas valley from fires in Cali means that we should not go outside today, if we can help it.
I for one, had planned on spending as little time outside as possible when it gets its hottest, but this unplanned nearly 4 hour detour to Toyota has mussed up my plans, and I will be stuck driving around more than I had intended.
This, of course, has made me a bit grouchy, but since my one actual planned trip out today is to the physical therapist to get my stiff neck and shoulders worked on, it's not all bad.
Since I have nothing else to do, here's a few random pics I've meant to post in te last several weeks. You can figure them out.






4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Cute, cute kid. Seriously -- gorgeous.

Why in the hell did you make him wear a tie?! Get him in some Hurleys STAT!

Tyson said...

Even if I hadn't had to look up Hurleys on the internets, I'm sure I'd decline. Besides, it was his choice, as I snapped the pics right before an orchestra performance and he wanted the tie.
As far as designer clothes go, fortunately he's oblivious to them (at least for now) and if ever he becomes interested, he's certainly allowed to save his money and buy T-shirts and/or shorts for 35-60 dollars a pop.

k said...

Devyn and Braxton, especially Braxton, love to dress up. The tie is a must. We went shopping for church clothes now that I have found one we will regularly visit. I would have been happy with Docker-type slacks and pull over shirts... maybe a button down. Nope. They bought all button down shirts... not slacks, but actual suit-type dress pants, cuffed. Braxton wanted matching vests. Devyn wanted a matching jacket. They fought over the ties and belts, and who would get which one. I stood there, slack jawed, I am certain. I've been meaning to post pic of them wearing their outfits... thanks for reminding me. God! This summer has been CRAZY busy. I'll probably cut paste some of this one... thanks for the rough draft practice.

Nick looks more grown up. It's most noticeable in the pic with the bikes in the background.

Sorry for the car BS. Nothing worse.

Anonymous said...

If the Peanut has to put on anything other than jeans/shorts, a t-shirt, and tennis shoes/flip-flops, you would think that the world had come to an end.

He refuses to wear button-up shirts -- won't even let me buy them.