better things to do

We did not watch the inauguration. At that moment, we were in fact engaged in a useful activity: turning in my car at the auto body shop for some necessary work. (The front bumper cover had been mangled by some parking space stoppers and a particularly vicious dip.) That was the time they'd offered for check-in, so we were there. B. was with me to drive me home.

I looked at my posting archives and found that during the creature's previous inaugural, we'd also been engaged in a much more useful activity: we were at the veterinarian's, taking Maia in for her annual checkup.