local custom
Ever since I got my first car, whenever I had a problem with the vehicle I was driving at the time (problems occur all to often with my cars) I took it to Hogan's Getty, down the street from where my parents live. I didn't have a car in California, so that was a hiatus in my custom (good thing!), but when we moved to Arlington the garage was, again, close. Henry does quality work, too and cheap, so he's got my business. I always got my hair cut over towards Bedford at Tricorn Barbershop, and when again when we returned to Massachusetts I tried to resume this practice; but this time I was thwarted by events, Tricorn not being open when my hair reached a length at which something had to be done about it, immediately. So instead I went to a place right around the corner from where we lived at the time, in Arlington, and I was very pleased with the experience. Bill's Barbershop, it is. And after three haircuts there I continued to be pleased, despite the occasional short term doubts.
What does all this mean? It means that now, even though we live over in Bedford, I drove 20 minutes back to Arlington to get my oil changed and to get a haircut. I'm sure there are garages and barbers closer to home here, but you know, when you've got a good thing you don't want to change it! I was very pleased with both the cut and the oil change, so I see no reason to change my practice.
I took a look at our old house while I was over there. It doesn't look any different, but I imagine they've made some changes on the inside.
1st day of independence
Today was my first day working for myself, theoretically, and it was not an unqualified success. I got a fair amount done, but it wasn't anything that will earn me any immediate money, and also it wasn't anything that I had planned to do. I don't think that will work in the long run, spending my time on whichever random tasks and projects happen to catch my attention first thing in the morning. If nothing else, the house never gets cleaned that way. I have grand plans for schedules and timetables and things, and I'll execute em too! I'm kind of backing into it, though, but that's ok.