100 degrees☀and falling

The past few days have required several auto trips out of Ojai. The new Passat has an indicator for the outside temperature. The drive from Ojai to Ventura at mid-day has regularly been accompanied with a drop of termperature of 30+ degrees. It is good to know that there is a simple way to get out of the heat..........fifteen minutes down the road.
Today I had to drive into Woodland Hills so that I could clear out the last remains of my life in Sue's Guest House. All went well until I received a call from Ernesto, the piano mover. "So sorry there was a mistake in the amount that they quoted for the move............and.........could they please move the piano tomorrow.
Tomorrow I have the pleasure of making the trip yet again. The price will remain the same, but the old piano will have company on its trip from L.A. to Ventura County. Two hauls make sense economically for Ernesto.
Bret arrived today with the shelves for the pantry. The logistics of putting shelves into an existing space pose some thorny problems........Just watching the preliminary placement was mind-boggling..........I don't know if I should be happy or sad that I will be in Woodland Hills when all of this takes place. The piano should be on its way by 10:00, and Bret with hammer in hand should be here to figure out where to put this family relic along with where to put all of the shelves in the pantry.

Stopped by the Star Market recently and caught the following bumper sticker on an older Volvo that had seen some war action:
"Real Women don't have hot flashes, they have power surges"........I guess the broken head light was a power surge trophy........Time for this real woman to hit the hay..........there are pianos waiting to be moved and shelves that will need to be filled.............5:30 wake-up call.