Fresh rubber, spinning

Yesterday Cindy had the tires replaced on the Prius.  This was a necessary precursor to the trip since the old tires were rather worn and starting to dry rot on the sidewalls.  You don’t go crossing dozens of state lines on a set of iffy tires.  We wound up getting the low rolling resistance variety that are recommended for hybrids.  Other than an oil and filter change prior to leaving, the Prius should be ready to go.

When I got home last night Cindy had the chickens out in the yard free ranging again.  I discovered that chickens have some good vert.  Cindy was holding the cup with cracked corn above them.  A couple of the girls hopped a good 8-10 inches in the air trying to reach it.

For a few days Cindy has been complaining of spells of dizziness and nausea.  This morning she woke up and it was really bad, bad enough that I dropped her off at one of the local clinics on my way to work.  The dizziness was to the point that I didn’t feel good about her driving herself.  Late last week she had hit her head.  Some of the symptoms match up with post concussion syndrome.  She also had been told a long time ago that she had vertigo.  Whatever the source, it’s good that she is getting checked out.

Randall and Lily are scheduled to visit this weekend starting tomorrow afternoon.  I plan to jam all of my to do’s into the AM to clear my slate for the rest of the weekend.  The docket for their visit looks to include a meal prepared by Chef Randall, going out to see Lucy, a cool looking new movie and doing some sort of bike ride on Sunday.  Other than that I expect the rest of the time to be occupied by drinking, chickens, and maybe the dogs can come hang as well.