I swear, I have found the best used car salesman ever. I didn’t know such a thing even existed, but here he is. I’m not even going to disguise it; if you’re in California and looking for a truck, go to Newman Auto Plaza and ask for Norris.

I was a little worried about the timing problem of getting in at 2 AM on Friday and having to drop my truck off in the morning and still making it home in time to pick up the kids. I was also looking for a better muffler to put on the truck (the noise is driving me crazy.) I called the dealer, and he said not to worry about it, he’d give me a car and I could pick the truck up on Saturday. Oh, and they do stock the Banks mufflers, but don’t worry about it, he’ll give it to me. Wow, you don’t usually get that kind of service once you’ve signed on the bottom line. It’s sure different than the dealer for the trailer I bought last year, and had to sic the DMV on to get my registration ten months later.

So early tomorrow morning, I head out for D.C. I’ve only been to the East Coast once and didn’t have time then to look at anything. I’m stuck in a corporate bullshit class for four days, but my evenings are free. I’m going to try to be brave and navigate the metro system, another thing I’ve never done. I’d like to see some of the sights, especially the Smithsonian Museum. I hope they’re open late.