Olivia showed up today.  She’s been rather quiet lately, so I was [sort of] glad to see her.

It’s not a bazillion degrees outside – let’s go bike riding!

Great idea, Olivia.  I’m in. let me find my helmet.

You forgot the helmet…now we have to wear one of the nasty community helmets!

Olivia, they aren’t nasty.  Besides, they’re hardly worn and it won’t make any difference once we get going and are all sweaty.  Besides, there’s a shower available when we get back.  I’ll just wash my hair.

About six miles out…

I’ve changed my mind.  It’s still too windy to ride.  Let’s go back.

No way!  Look, we’re almost to the dam!

Stop! Stop! Let’s ride across here!

Olivia, there are gaps between the rocks.  I can’t ride the bike across the river here.

Yeahbut, you could CARRY it!

Hey…that’s a good idea!  Then we could cut around TCU and get back to the office that way.  Oh.  Wait.  I am not graceful, those rocks are wet and there’s no way I could shoulder the bike and tromp across here! OLIVIA!  Stop trying to get me in trouble!

Oooh, somebody’s been marking with markers on the walls!  I’m telling!

Surveyors have been out and about, putting marks on things.

This is a sewer manhole, even though it says storm drain.  Storm drains dump directly into the river – no manholes involved.  It’s also marked backwards…should be 15′ to flow line, 16′ to top of pipe, because the flowline is below the top of the pipe. *sigh*  It’s so hard to find good surveyors these days. Why did I take a picture of a mismarked manhole and WHY am I explaining how it’s mismarked?  Because I’m such a geek.

Because Olivia is running the show today.

That’s why.

Goals this week – I’m hitting them. Tracking food, even when I want to cheat and ignore it. Like potato chips.  Oh they were good! I;m Drinking lots and lots of water and getting exercise despite the heat. Praying for us all, for strength and determination and an abundance of grace.