The job hunt has officially begun and the countdown starts. Summer will go by too quickly and before any one realizes, December will be upon us all.
In bidding my home for the last 3 years farewell, i would like to share some of the people, places, and just things i love and will miss. Not all will be listed at once, do come back from time to time to see what has been added.
Take 1:
1. Year round, locally grown, fresh fruits and vegetables + 2. The fact that i must walk every where i go, meaning that on some days i walk no less than 3 miles (should) = a skinny Jennifer. But no matter how much i walk or how awesome i eat, for some reason, i am still not minus the pounds. Hopefully the new bike will help. Which brings us to the next.
3. The newly acquired, used bicycle. Of course per U.S.law i must wear a helmet, which brings many stares and laughs, and the seat is too high; but who cares it works and it makes me sweat.
4. There was and still is a need to deal with the bike seat issue. Today after work the bike and i went to the hardware store and pazar to purchase a tool that will loosen the nut and fix my little problem. The women at the store did not have the right tool for me, so she went to the store next to her, got a tool and together we worked to loosen the bolt. After 3 different tools, and some oil, the nut still hadn’t moved. so i said my thank you and moved on to the next place.
At the pazar, there were a line of booths selling various hardware. After asking one, who was looking for the right size, the man next to him found something and together they worked on fixing my seat. Many tools and more oil later, the bolt still hadn’t budged. We all concluded that the bolt was to rusted and it couldn’t be fixed.
In conclusion, i never purchased that tool and thanks to the sheer kindness of all these people, i now know that the seat is a lost cause. In the U.S. i would have been charged for these services. Here it was totally free and i made some friends. For the record, we found two tools that fit, but since the bolt wouldn’t move, there was no reason (according to them) i should waste my money.
to be continued…………
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