Things are warming up fast! I went for a dip on Friday and it was 39 at the docks at sunset, which felt pretty nice and warm. Today I went to the beach and it was so much warmer, my watch said 48! My watch tends to be a degree over what other readings get, so I count it as 47, but still that's a huge warm-up. We stayed in for 10 minutes, just bobbing around without swimming and I was totally fine when I got out. I didn't need my heated gloves or vest. Crazy!
Yesterday it was in the mid 60's outside, and sunny. A beautiful day. I decided that I would take a spring walk around the fells, but sadly when I got to the parking lot I discovered I had a flat tire. For the last few days the "tire pressure" light has been going off, and I actually put air in the tires on Thursday, but it turns out that it must have been something more than that - my car was making a horrible noise as I turned into the parking lot. I parked and was looking under the car for the sound, thinking "you aren't going to figure it out, you don't know anything about cars." But then I saw the tire was flat as a pancake, and I knew. Fortunately when I redid my car insurance last month I added roadside service, so I was able to contact them and get someone to come fix it. At first I was thinking I would need a tow, but then I remembered the whole spare tire thing. This guy from the towing company came in his prius, fixed my tire, put some air in the spare, and then I went off to the garage where they fixed it, changed my oil and sent me on my way. I was pretty lucky with that - I thought I was going to have to leave it until Monday. I had been planning to bring it in on Tuesday, so at least I got it out of the way, but a bummer to have to spend my beautiful day at the shop. Moral of the story is, when the tire pressure light is going off, believe it!
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