08 AUG 25

It's a quick day of the usual logistics and scheduling and cleaning while the kids camp out around the house avoiding the 102 heat index on the other side of the windows...

Before Puck leaves for work that afternoon he and Oxbear discuss Presley's vehicle repair manual which hasn't been very helpful...

...while Patience gets busy practicing K-drama hair styles like zig-zag parts in ponytails... before preparing herself a bowl of ramen with chopsticks for second lunch...

It's already late afternoon...

Sally arrives early with stories about the picket line at Boeing...

...when Irish drives up... the girls begin arguing politics...

...while Francis begins working with Puck on the steering shaft of Puck's car...

Break for plates of sous vide roast and homemade mac 'n cheese... switch on an action film...

...as Francis rejoins Puck for what turns out to be over two more hours of attempt to remove the gear shifter – and about six root beers split between the both of them – some progress made... but unable to complete the task around stubborn old equipment as the clock ticks past ten-thirty...