The word of the day for April 10, 2007 is “oleaginous” — adjective 1 : resembling or having the properties of oil : OILY; also : containing or producing oil. 2 : marked by an offensively ingratiating manner or quality.
My husband insisted on putting my car into the shop yesterday. I knew I needed a front end alignment, but I had thought we could wait for a month or so before getting it done. The mechanic who fixed the tire last Thursday mentioned that it might be a good idea to do it sooner. Thus, when Lloyd took his car to a different mechanic for an oil change and lube job, he asked about availability of tires for his car. Somehow this led to: an appointment to bring in my car for the front end—which he forgot to mention to me until I just barely had time to get the car over there—and also a scheme for pre-paying oil and lube jobs.
I’ll be glad to see my car again this evening. Losing access to transport can be a real pain. Not that I had anywhere unusual to go today, yet arranging for Lloyd to get me to and from work and over to the mechanic’s after the car is fixed is turning into a two-act farce. One would think, from his attitude that I was disarranging his schedule beyond endurance. At least he can’t claim to be bored this afternoon.
The quote for today is from William Shakespeare (1564–1616), King Lear. Act i. Sc. 1.:
I want that glib and oily art,
To speak and purpose not.
;^) Jan
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