This Is Framingham

I had to renew my license, which had already expired since their new thing is not sending out reminders anymore, so went down to the RMV at 8:40am and saw a well established line of about 15-18 people.
This was a time where living downtown was convenient for me since I could walk here.  (I also had tried renewing online but the transaction failed for some reason). ??? ???? ???????

When the door opened there was a RMV employee greeting people with a heavy New England accent directing us on what to do when we got inside, “Good mahning everyone…go right around the cahnaw”.  That was the most friendly I’ve ever seen an RMV employee be.   I’d love to know how these people got their jobs and wonder if when they started out they were all cheery and personable and then slowly transformed into some sort of robo-droid, or the RMV actually seeks out these types of personalities.  Maybe it’s because I wait tables and rely on customers being happy for my tips, but it seems like a pretty sweet job to not have to care about customer satisfaction or feel any pressure when people are waiting.  I really am jealous!  I know customers can be unreasonable too, but I get a certain staff-vibe when I go to the RMV. ????? ????? ??? ????  

I always go in there with the expectation of being treated like a number and keep my sentences short and sweet about facts only since any human detail will not matter to them.  I had to get a new photo taken (which came out horrible of course) and was very surprised that the lady offered a blank expression AND “do you want to try again? hguhf h,kghdk ” so I did and it only turned out 1% better but I didn’t dare ask for a third try thinking she’d make me take the worse of the two, and draw a moustache on it.

I will give the RMV credit and say the whole procedure of renewing my license was pretty painless. I waited about 10 minutes once I got in and the actual transaction was maybe another 5 minutes.  I feel lucky though because my friend was telling me she had to do the same thing except it took her a hour and a half.

I will cautiously catagorize this post under “yay” for location, speed of transaction and lack of emotional stress, but I do feel like I just lucked out today. 

So I’ve picked up waitressing while I’m looking for permanent work and after the first week, everything hurt: Feet, knees, hips and back.  I was dreading the dinner shift one day when I thought “Panza MUST have something”. One of the few luxuries of living downtown is that I didn’t have to get in the car and go to the mall or somewhere to look for quality shoes.
Ethan and I walked down there and I asked one of the store clerks what she recommended for waitressing.  She brought several shoes and cheerfully got different sizes when I requested.  I found these clogs called “Klogs”.

I tried them on but they were a little too loose.  The nice lady helping me fitted them with a different insole and they were prefect.  I was so happy  about my new super-awesome (and comfy!) shoes, it was such a relief to come home at night and not be in pain.  Thank you Panza for you great selection, friendly help and for just being there 🙂

When I went to Oregon a couple of weeks ago I decided to take Logan Express.  At first I preferred to have Ethan drive me in to Boston but then I figured, he would have been just in time to hit the out-bound rush hour traffic, plus all the tolls and the time away from work to make the trip both ways.  So instead I opted for the Logan Express bus and it’s actually a pretty good system.  They run every half hour during the week, you can buy one-way or round trip tickets and it stops at every terminal and then you’re on your way.

I thought pick-up from the airport might be confusing but the buses pick up right outside of baggage claim and then, same thing (picking up people at terminals) and then you get dropped off back at the station in Framingham.
I don’t fly a lot but this is very convenient to have and I’m glad Massport decided to make Framingham one of the 4 locations they offer this service to.

You can check out their website for  more info: http://www.massport.com/logan/getti_logan_frami.html

I went to get my oil changed last week and I was kind of in a hurry.  I usually bring it to the good folks at Sullivan Tire but it was going to be an hour wait and I was headed up to NH and was way over due for a change and just really wanted to get it done before I went.
So I went to the gulf station on Hollis St. ivermectina hepatite fulminante because my mom used to bring her car there when she worked in the area. 

You go around the back to enter and I was greeted by a very polite gentleman who asked if I had come there before and explained how it worked and what the choices were.  He held the door open for me when he walked me over ot the waiting area.  The waiting room has nice big windows and you can see what they’re doing the whole time. 

Towards the end, another gentleman came in to tell me what some of the maintenance is “recommended” for a car with my mileage, I didn’t partake in any of it since I had already had that stuff taken care of but his apporach wasn’t the usual scare tactics that some places use to make you feel like your car will blow up if you don’t do it, so I appreciated the delivery of the options.
When i went to pay, everything that was done was explained and was told their work is guarenteed so if anything weird happens after to please bring it back and they’ll look at it right away. will ivermectin kill mange   Which is what you’d expect but again, it was said so nicely like they care about the work they do. ivermectina farmácia de manipulação   It’s been over a week and nothing weird has happened, infact  I feel my car is running better than it usually does.
They also vacum your car for free and offer a discount on a carwash with the oil change.

The other night at Town Meeting there was something different about Nevin’s Hall.  The “holiday”lights were up and looked nice, but there was something else… ???? ???? something that has long been overdue for replacing.
The faded tattered stage curtains have been replaced! ??? ????? ?????????  
The new curtains look great and make such a difference. Sometimes during TM I would just stare at the old curtains in amazement that they could even still hang. black jack  
This is really a nice treat and brings some pride to all the events that will be held here.  🙂

We were driving down Rt 9 this weekend and noticed the signs at this year’s location for the Halloween outlet at the old Saab dealership.
From the east-bound side:

I thought it was slightly interesting that they chose another Tudor style building like they did 2 years ago at the old Border’s Books building. I think they skipped a Framingham location last year, maybe because we got Halloween Express (which was awesome) but glad to see they’re back and interested to see what they do with the space inside.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the summer.  I like out-door swimming, waking up to daylight, ice cream at the beach, not having to bundle up when I leave the house, etc… but as some readers know, Halloween is my favorite holiday and I get a small thrill out of seeing the first appearences of Halloween products for the season.  Such as this simple display at the Stop & Shop on Old Connecticut Rd. I saw last night.
Not full blown Halloween but we see some nice autumn colors and the m&m’s suggest a little creepyness.  No bad for mid-summer.