Meglet Rambles On

I know very little about cars. What I do know is that regular maintenance is important. Especially maintenance from a shop you can trust. I get my 5000 mile oil changes from a small shop whose owner is a friend of my dad’s. This means I don’t get the usual “girl in a car shop” [...]

Yesterday: A pigeon crossing the road. In the crosswalk. With the proper “Walk” signal. ????
Today: Driving northbound on 4th Ave, I have a green light, but am still a ways back from the intersection. Suddenly, a white Subaru driving eastbound decides he’s tired of sitting at a red light, and guns it through the intersection [...]

When you’re doing a major software upgrade, there’s lots of work, and lots of waiting.
Some of the folks who will be testing the upgrade chat while they wait:

Iris made sure she came prepared:

Others catch up on sleep:

When you work through the night, you see the sunrise from the wrong side:

Once the upgrade is complete, it’s [...]

This weekend is a big software upgrade at work. It’s all hands on deck in the IT department, from Friday night until Saturday or Sunday, and back again early Monday to support any upgrade-related issues that occur.
We’ve stocked up on snacks, planned our deliveries for breakfast lunch and dinner, and brought in the IT [...]

After over 9 hours on the road yesterday, I got home around 7pm. At which time I promptly unloaded the truck, dumped everything on the floor, and crashed in front of the TV for a few hours before going to bed. So today I get to spend some time unpacking, doing laundry, uploading the rest [...]

Finally made it across the desolate, soul-sucking stretch of I-90 that is eastern Washington, where the most exciting sight is 14 miles of fenceline with crop names and the only thing to do is turn up the the stereo and watch the miles tick over on the odometer. Now I just need to grab some [...]

Standing at the top of Lookout Pass, just inside the Idaho/Montana state line. At an elevation of just over 4600 feet, Lookout makes Snoqualmie Pass look like a bunny slope.

It’s a beautiful fall day, and I’m headed out of Missoula on the way back to Seattle.

Not a whole lot going on here in Montana, mostly we are just geeking out and shopping and hanging out between the baby’s naps. Today I was hanging out in the living room during yet another baby nap, and noticed a deer wander into the yard across the street. Apparently, this isn’t all that unusual, [...]

Finally arrived in Missoula. Holy cow that is a long drive. Now it’s time to find dinner and get connected to the Internet.