Tuesday, Sept.28

It's not that dark in the arena, but apparently my digital camera thinks it is. This is Karen mopping construction dust off bleachers. We started yesterday and boy did I feel it. The tips of my toes complained all night.

Er, did I mention Karen and I are cleaning up after an arena renovation? It will take us all this week and part of next. And we're making good bucks, so that makes the hard labour more palatable. The undersides of benches polka-dotted with chewing gum are almost not terrible to see.

At lunch time we strolled next door to a little park, or Japanese garden. Then we walked onto the little bridge so Karen could watch the fish for a while. She's a fish girl.

At home she has at least two large aquariums and some pretty gorgeous tropical fish. The dolphin fish are my favourites -- they're big enough to look like something, maybe.

I'm the lucky one, I get to bolt at three o'clock to pick up my boychicks at their bus stop. There's a nice little lull in between meeting Everett's bus, and meeting Emil's in the same spot a half hour later. Before Emil arrived we got little errands run at the mall nearby. Tomorrow we'll drive down to the fruit stand at the bottom of the hill.

You weren't expecting tips for what to do if your toes are sore, were you?

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