This was quite an eventful week. Somebody told me that Stanford Grill has a really great meatloaf. I checked the online menu. It included meatloaf. Danita and I decided to go try it out. We needed reservations. A couple of weeks later, we decided to try it again, with reservations this time. We received oversize laminated menus. One side was drinks. There was another quarter page of drinks on the other side. There were appetizers, salads, entries, and deserts. But there was no meatloaf. That’s not the end of the world, but the prices were also higher than other places in town. We decided to leave and went to Red Robbin. No reservations needed there. But it turns out that while the prices at Stanford Grill were higher, they weren’t all that much higher. It’s hard to keep up, I guess. Never mind. There’s no better way to make up for a slightly disappointing evening than really great desserts from the bakery down the street. We had Chocolate Oreo Cheese Cake and Chocolate Tuxedo Cake. Yummy.

Our other misadventure was our electric car. The Nissan Leaf has been an incredibly great car. But even E-cars need maintenance sometimes. The dash board was telling us to rotate the tires, and the driver’s door handle was falling apart. So I set up an appointment, asking them to do their thing and also fixe the door handle. When I brought it in, I told the write-up person I wanted them to do their thing and also fix the door handle. Imagine my surprise when I got a text from the dealer, stating they found the door handle needs to be repaired, do I want them to repair it?

When I picked it up, I found the safety check was free, the tire rotation was $20, and the door handle was $360. That’s $140 for the door handle and $220 for labor. It seams they had to do some pretty major surgery to get to the door handle. It’s a very nice door handle. It looks good. It has a black button. But I would have never believed it is so very special. The other thing I noticed is that they didn’t have to order any parts. I’m guessing I’m not the first person to have their door handle fall apart. Hopefully they gave the the improved door handle.

We’re going to 4:30 mass today so we can enjoy the weekend in style. We have a neighborhood concert and dinner tonight, and a free birthday breakfast tomorrow at First Watch. After that, this is my Sunday of the month to go to Church and help count money. I’m sure glad I spent all that time watching Sesame Street.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.