Re-Tirement, Day 1

I got the email from TireRack.com this morning, so this afternoon when I got off work, Lisa and I drove over to USA Parkway and the warehouse, backed up to the retail customer pickup lot, called the designated phone number, gave my particulars, and presently a worker appeared with a cart containing our tires. I showed my ID and credit card with which I'd paid, and at our request, he set the tires on the dock and allowed us to load them ourselves. They fit just fine.

( A Tiring Day )

To my great annoyance, we knocked loose several black widow spiders while doing the wheel work. I'd never seen a black widow with white spots on its back, but I later confirmed that some do have spots. We dispatched everything we could find. I'll poke at the next removed wheel tomorrow before putting it into the minivan to take it to be removed and replaced. I don't like spiders, but black widows are the worst. I'm glad we don't have to deal with their even worse Australian cousins.

So that's one tire down, and three to go, or actually four because we have to swap the best of the remaining tires on to the wheel for the spare. I hope that we'll get this done by the time I leave for the Bay Area on Friday evening.