Vehicle Happenings – With me now having to go into the office five days a week, The Wife and I knew that we needed to get another vehicle. We were holding out to see what future plans my day job was going to unfurl, but leadership is being cagey as hell. I don’t even know when they will reveal our new re-org. Anywhoo, there’s been a couple of close calls with The Wife not having a vehicle at her disposal while I’m an hour away.

So, last weekend, The Wife and I moseyed up to the dealership where we bought the Ward Wagon. We told the salesfolks we were interested in this Kia Carnival, a Subaru Ascent, and a Nissan Pathfinder. So, what did we end up coming home with? None of those!

Ward Wagon 2.0 is a 2024 Outback. It was the one that was in the right price range with the right features.

And an action shot.

Retirement Happenings – This week, The Brother “retired” from his day job at the same .gov where I work. He’s been there for nearly 30 years, and took advantage of the early retirement. He has a plan to start up some projects and do some retraining. It’s just weird that he and I are not going to be working at the same “company” like we have for the past sixteen years. I’m sure it’s even stranger for him not going to the place he’s worked for pretty much all of his adult life.