Considering I’m on StayCation, I got a really early start to the day. Secretly, I think that my fiancée found pleasure in my 6a alarm. Sr. Honda was required at the dealership by 7a to have the breaks replaced. The repairs went as smooth as can be expected. Unfortunately for Honda Village, I’ve concluded that dealer maintenance may be one of the biggest legal scams. Oh well, such is life.
However! The #1 legal scam in America is the entire wedding industry! Double you oh double you. Every vendor tries to take advantage of every customer. Today, we received a digital proof of our save-the-dates. We like them but wanted to try out a different set of colors. Well, there’s a fee for that. Apparently, the incremental cost of changing a PageMaker file (or whatever) and producing a PDF is worth $25. …instead, I brought the mock-ups into Photoshop and changed the colors on my own in about 4 minutes. At that pace, I could’ve altered 15 mock-ups in 1 hour which equates to an hourly rate of $375. Not too shabby. By the way, don’t abbreviate save-the-dates; you’ll end up with something wholly unexpected.
While the car was getting repaired, I managed to fit in a round of golf with Kyle. I think this is the second full round that I’ve been able to fit in all summer. Disappointing? Yes, but not as disappointing as my scores. For 16 holes my scores kept to a slow boil. And then there was #17; the second most difficult hole on the course and host to a truly classic melt down. It was a near perfect reenactment of Tin Cup. 3 balls in swamp…but I knew I could clear it if I just hit one more. Golf is a difficult mental challenge…just take the drop.
The agony of #17 was somewhat mitigated by my purchase of Golfshot GPS. I heard about this from one of the iPhone TV commercials. Very cool. Look for it the next time an iPhone commercial comes on (you shouldn’t have to wait too long).
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