Spring finally arrives

(And yes, it’s now July…aka summer.)

This last weekend finally felt like spring arrived in Boston (as opposed to my previous post on Summer in Boston). I was out and about over the weekend running errands and getting ready for the summer. (So were lots of other people! I had to go to Home Depot twice to get some stuff, and the place was really hopping. Looks like everyone is finally starting their projects.) While this year I’m not getting my house ready (I have Kurt, Thomas and Trent to thank for taking care of my house as I’ve tried to sell it), I do have some springtime tasks that I do.

One of them is washing my car and waxing it. I usually wax my car by hand twice a year, once after the winter and once just before the winter. I did a single pass of wax, and unfortunately after I finished that I noticed that there’s a lot of particulate matter still embedded in the surface. I spent some time with Meguiar’s clay on the hood, but next time I’ll have to go after the rest of the car.

We finally had a dry (ok the 4th of July was dry, but I was mostly just lounging about then enjoying the weather) weekend. The Boston Globe called June “one of the dreariest Junes in memory. Half the month saw virtually no glimmer of sun and every day but four was colder than normal.” (Boston Globe. (2009, June). “A dark, wet month for the history books: June 2009”. Retrieved July, 13, 2009 from Boston Globe website http://www.boston.com/interactive/graphics/20090701_juneweather/)