04-09-21 Good Night Sweet Prince
The first news of my day was that Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II had died at the age of 99. I had seen the news reels of him heading home from the hospital and thought he did not look long for this world. I feel sad for her as she has known him her whole life and he has been her rock (as she put it). It has been an interesting day listening to all the anecdotes . Jean Chretien told some lovely and funny remembrances. I was happy to see the flags lowered around Cranbrook in respect.
The first task of my day was to take my car to the Honda dealership for its B1 service which was basically an oil change, tire rotation and brake check. I believe the expected amount should have come to under $300. I did agree to adding on the coolant change as it was time and asked them to check my battery as I had experienced a problem with it earlier in the year. I was shuttled back to work and it wasn’t long before I got a call that it needed a new battery. Sigh… when I finally picked it up it was $726! And I knew the bill for my furnace was going to be waiting in the mail for me. Nice that they are so friendly there. Steve left a memo on my file that I can bring it back for a full buff of the finish as well because I am not happy with the extra finish I paid for. It has never looked clean no matter what. I shall wait until the streets are finished being swept.
I left there and went to the car wash so I could relax for a few minutes and scream if I needed to. It is my happy place, just wish the experience was longer. (That’s what she said)
As I was heading to the car wash I noticed the low tire light was on so I went back to the dealership around 4 and decided to call it a day at the office. This has been a very draining week. 21 days to go in April and much to accomplish means I will be back at least once this weekend. I checked my mail when I got home bu there was no invoice for the furnace. There was a very funny, early birthday card from Mark and Mary Lyn. My first thought was that it looked like me and that is what they said inside. Too funny. It is fascinating that a birthday card from Salt Spring Island got here before an invoice in Cranbrook.
Tonight along with my Butter Chicken pizza, I had a lovely Gin & Tonic in a toast to Prince Philip. In 1971, he and his wife attended our 101st May Day celebration in New Westminster. It was a very exciting day for this young flower girl in Queens Park.
https://www.cbc.ca/archives/royal-visit-1971-british-columbia-centennial-1.5540123
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