"I'm still kinda mad they never actually told us how to get to Sesame Street."

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It's been a drizzly and overcast day. My brain, too.
I slept until 5:00 and did absolutely nothing beyond fix my breakfast until 7:30 when I fed the goats. Back to the chair until 9:00 when I did a few small things outside and then worked on Sally.

I should have stayed in my chair.

The black portions of the center console have looked ragged since I got the girl so I spent an hour masking the entire area and then sprayed with rattle-can satin black.
FAIL.
I don't know if it's the pebbled surface, the paint, or the painter, but it looks....bad.
I cleaned it with lacquer thinner and then tried repainting - very, very thin coats in succession. I've now got two down and will add at least one more.
If this doesn't work my backup plan is to get a new center console. But this long fancy one is way too pricey, about $250 to get all the pieces. They sell a small version that was also stock (this long one was an option) for $40 and I can be perfectly happy with it! In fact, the advantage is that I can then add a center hump caddy to hold drinks and misc. stuff.
They hadn't yet invented cup holders in 1966.
FWIW, they also hadn't thought of dash console heating vents. Back in the day you got heat out of floor vents and the defroster vents up at the windshield.
Nor did they have bells and whistles to tell you you'd left your headlights on, your keys in the ignition, your shoulder belt unfastened ("What are seatbelts??"), or half a dozen other issues we now take for granted.
I'm fine with 1966 technology (or the lack thereof).

OK, truth is I'm pretty ticked about the FAIL. I had a mental list of things I wanted to do to Sally and this messes up my schedule. Replacing the center console will require new carpeting to cover the area that will now be exposed. But I know that under the existing carpet are rusted floor pans and it only makes sense to install the new pans when the carpet is up. And sound deadening under the carpet.
The new dash pad and radio are now postponed indefinitely.

This morning I ordered three windows, two for our bedroom and one for the guest bedroom that's really closer to a walk-in closet in size. They'll be here in two weeks and I'll install them the first day we have with decent weather. That leaves four windows left to replace, including the west-facing living room window which costs almost as much as these three put together.

In Oregon you renew your car's registration every two years. I dunno why. Today I renewed Sally's and spent $112 for the two-year renewal, another advantage of driving an old car.

(I didn't mean this to turn into a financial-themed post.)

We're up to nine Dems in the running for the 2020 party nod and we're still waiting on Joe Biden. I'm holding out for 20 in 2020. It has such a ring to it.

I've read a few news stories here in the last week about tsunamis and making sure you have an evacuation plan if the big one hits and triggers a tsunami. So I looked it up and we're at 387' above sea level. I'm not sure what is a sufficient elevation to avoid danger but we're also about 50 miles from the coast and there are some higher hills between here and there.
I think we're safe.

A Rams win. Please, Lord, no more New England Patriots.