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Honestly think heat pumps are the absolute worst way of heating a house if average winter temps drop below 35. It has its place in milder winters I suppose but not meant for mid Atlantic north east cold. What a waste. Too bad our old owners upgraded their systems only in 2021.

made the final contractor payment this morning – done and done with stuff. I need to do that long post sometime this week!

Who would have thought housing around Denver and suburbs would be more expensive than northern Virginia? My colleagues swear it is so and when I hear what they pay for rent or the house listings they keep sending me to prove their point I am like wow you guys are right! And I thought northern Virginia was already atrocious.

That Texas pregnant woman story is scary and pitiful. Fuck Texas. As if I don’t say it enough, but no really fuck Texas.

A cousin of mine is headed to Japan for a 18 month stint at his job. I am glad he is not coming to Germany or USA as most people do, but instead *chose* to go to Japan (he had an option to pick Europe or USA).

Took my Acura for oil change and coolant flush and guy calls me back and says the SUV is leaking oil from timing belt and steering area, and the cost to fix/replace both will be around 3200$. The latest KBB value of the SUV itself is around 4300$ so I wonder if its worth it to fix it at all or just trade it in at CarMax for another SUV? The SUVs run like 115000 miles and I was really hoping to keep it till 200k but I guess decision time now!

The kid is having a sleepover with her bestie at our house. We took them out for dinner last night and generally started talking about their common friends, and both kids go *”Oh her, she is such a pick-me-up!”*. We are like whats a pick-me-up? Then her friend says, you know the middle school girls who throw themselves at every boy they see so they can be picked up by them, those. Then says, its just a nicer way of saying the other word that begins with *S*.

I am just too old.

We got a blinds person to give us a quote in house and she quoted an absurd 5k for 10 windows. I told her I had a few more folks coming to give us quotes and give us time. She got aggressive about how she traveled 1 hour to come to our house and how she will get a bonus if we signed up today itself. I was like no lady, your products may be the best in world but if I have to shell out that much moolah I sure as hell taking more quotes. She left in a huff and we were like WTF! Whatever chance this company had in getting our contract is totally lost at this point. Also WTF, how can blinds be this expensive? I’d rather just install blinds from amazon!

For all mankind has really sunk – whatever happened to the absolute genius of season 1 and 2. It’s a pity how far this show has fallen. Midway through season 4 and it’s just terrible.

We’ve been watching Modern Family daily these days with the kid, and last night’s episode (The Future Dunphys) has probably one of the most iconic comic scenes of its entire run where [Lily goes to the restaurant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajb-YbY3-rw). We couldn’t help but identify with Gloria’s predicament. We feel like we are losing (or lost) our kid to America and I dont feel good about it. I want my kid to be… umm less American and more Indian, but I feel like that battle’s already lost :(. Its hard to explain what being more Indian and less American is, but I am pretty sure a majority of desi parents like me relate to it in one way or other.

Well, I guess she could start by not talking back at me all the time I suppose, which is very much an American trait I think lol.