On Saturday I took a day off from traveling and did some trip maintenance. The plan was to perform car maint., clean and vacuum the car, go food shopping, post some journal entries (which you can see I did not get done till today) and send some postcards. Well I got 2 of the 5 done.

All I wanted done on the car was an oil change and a lube job, but after talking with the mechanic and looking over my previous invoices I realized I would be spending more than $34.95. $201 more. Dammmit. Got the oil, front and rear differential, and tranmission fluid changed. Oh and my rear brake light was out.

Getting the car washed turned out to be cheaper, but more difficult to complete. After a number of direction malfunctions (ie. I got lost). I finally found the place. Now the car is clean, all windows washed and everything vacuumed. All for $9.

Shopping, postcards and journal entries will have to happen tomorrow.