A Turtle Gave Gina An Exciting Day

Monday
May 4, 2009

I got up early this morning to catch a ride into work with a friend who just bought a new H2 Hummer. It is very nice but just not something I would ever own. At work we park in a garage which has height restrictions. He wasn’t sure of the height of his hummer so he went very slow careful into the parking garage. They have these steel beams before you enter that states maximum height 7’ 6” and one would expect that if you were too tall that you would hit them. Well he cleared them with about 6 inches to spare. So off we go into the garage. He made it up the first incline and then when he was turning the rear bar on his luggage rack got caught and in the process got ripped off along with a clearance light. Apparently the steel beams outside of the garage aren’t accurate.

I did my usual wake up call to Gina to tell her good morning. She didn’t really have anything planned today. She was looking forward to a mellow day. She did call me back around 10 o’clock telling me that there was a turtle in her garden and asked what to do. I said go get a shovel and pick it up and bring it out to pond in the back of our yard. She said it’s too big! I said it can’t be that big but if it is then just push it out there. She said it might bite me and I said I'm sure you can move faster than it can. There were a more words exchanged than what I have written here but let's just say she got it on the shovel and she did managed to get it out of her garden. I which I could have watched it in person but the story was still worth a good laugh. Although, she wasn’t laughing. Anyway, that was her excitement for the day and my laughter for a few days.

I had a meeting with the US Coast Guard to discuss the project that I’m working on. Overall it went alright but there were a few surprises. I had to call the Volvo truck dealer here in Houston to see if they had a height leveling control valve. Apparently while the truck was sitting in Louisiana it decided that it wanted to develop an air leak. I guess she was feeling lonely and it was her way of getting back at me for leaving her there by herself. I told her I wouldn't leave her in Louisiana again by herself. So today I’m going by the Volvo dealer to buy the part and will replace it later this week.

I got home and helped the friend that gave me a ride this morning to see if we could fix his luggage rack. We got it fixed except for the clearance light which he’ll have to replace. I heated up the leftover roast & gravy for dinner which was still delicious. Gina is a wonderful cook. I guess that is a good thing since us RV’ers seem to always talk about food. It was getting late so I called Gina and talked for a little while before I said good night and headed off to bed. Another good day but it could have been better if Gina was here at home with me in Houston but we’re still enjoying a wonderful life.

Until tomorrow, Gina & I hope everyone has a pleasant and wonderful day, enjoying what our Father has so graciously blessed us with.