So, in most endeavors this week, I struggled to make anyone particularly happy; stuff just didn’t seem to work out. I plugged through work, settled some issues, but saw a bunch of others arise. I had one really nice bike ride on Tuesday, though weather and pollen kind of spoiled the rest of the week, leaving me a little frustrated. I took my lovely spouse out for some food-truck-at-the-brewery dinner last night and the truck screwed up her order putting pepperoni on her “plain” pizza-esque panini. My youngest child and I did have our usual “Masked Singer” watch this week, though honestly, she spent more time watching shouty guys play Minecraft on the internet. I’m kind of feeling a bit of a failure in most respects.

One thing, though, did work in my favor.

I had the above pictured item delivered Wednesday afternoon and made my lovely spouse’s day; so I guess it’s not a total loss.

That, dear reader, is the Honda Fit EX that Carvana dropped off Wednesday afternoon. My love has grown a bit tired of the Mazda van she’s been driving for the last seven years or so, wanting something small, cute, and an “actual color” instead. And, with a third driver in the house, having a third vehicle made sense, so we’ve been shopping around the last few months.

It’s used, but barely broken in apart from a few small “parking in Northern Virginia” battle scars on the bumper that the seller has offered to have fixed free of charge (I just need to go get the estimate this weekend), and by all accounts so far (I’m having my local mechanic give it a look over today), it’s good to go. The “buy a used car off the internet” thing has been remarkably painless, again, so far (it’s still sporting temporary plates, but those’ll get settled after the “seven day trial period” that accounts for the whole not seeing it in person beforehand in this sales model), which is refreshing.

And, at least in this area, I’ve made my partner happy. I’ll take that.

Weekend’s looking relatively uneventful. The weather seems cooperative, so I’m going to try to get a little riding in, though otherwise, nothing planned, as we’re entering the window for second vaccine shots, and with my lovely spouse first through that gate this morning, we’re not going to push the limits; probably some takeout and movies on the streaming services, which is fine with me.

So tunes. The usual Spotify-generated playlist, including the usual littany of old and new, with a few favorites (that last one still rocks), and coming in at number five is a band I’ve been hearing on wnrn for a while now, and, thanks to the selfsame radio station, I have been comped tickets for the show they’re performing in town in the fall (assuming things are at least better by then) through the weekly member contest drawing.

Damn, I miss live music.

1. “Squarepusher Theme”- Shobaleader one
2. “My Girlfriend’s Dead” – The Vandals
3. “What If?” – The Murlocs
4. “Living In Hell” – Cobra Man
5. “When My Time Comes” – Dawes
6. “Bazaar” – The Tea Party
7. “Bambi” – Prince
8. “Peace Frog” – The Doors
9. “Space Truckin'” – Deep Purple
10. “Devil Come Round” – Men Without Hats
11. “I Ran (So Far Away)” – A Flock of Seagulls
12. “Don’t Change” – INXS
13. “Flowers By The Door” – T.S.O.L.
14. “Banditos” – The Refreshments