(Apologies to the writers of Bullwinkle for that alternate title.)
Today Travalon and I drove separately to my parking lot, then we left my car there and he drove me to work. He wasn't sure he could pick me up as usual, so this would allow me to take the shuttle home. It was a beautiful day, and I walked with Hardingfele at lunchtime. I did my first "training" for the new system we will be using at work, but it's more of an overview than actual hands-on training, so that was a disappointment. Otherwise, it was a productive day at work.
Travalon was able to pick me up from work, but the traffic was terrible because there was a fire downtown in a residence - apparently five people were displaced. Once we got home, we went down to the dock to enjoy the beautiful evening. Here are some photos. First, Tux Duck and his Lady Love are back.
We saw the muskrat swimming around again, but there is a lot less ice for it to climb onto.
It was fairly windy, and the constant wind vibrated a cord on a boat lift, creating an eerie tune in the background. Another sound we heard was a chorus of cranes surrounding us. We saw "our" cranes trying to get into Mariner's before it closes.
I think we missed our chance to get to Bellitalia one last time, because it wasn't open tonight, and I had heard this was its last day in business. At least we have eaten there many times over the years, so it's not like we missed our chance. I remember about a year ago reading about a Brazilian restaurant on the west side that had closed, and I felt terrible because I'd never even known it had existed. We definitely would have tried it!
We could see the moon even in the late afternoon light.
Then we sat out on the porch, enjoying the lovely evening. I wrote a letter to Mariah, as I try to do every week, and then I did some DuoLingo... and finished the math course! What the hey? I thought it was going to teach me calculus! It didn't really teach me anything, just gave me a refresher on how to add fractions and multiply negative numbers. It was time for Night Prayer anyway, so afterwards I went back on and started the Spanish course. It asked if I knew any Spanish, and I said some, so it said it would test me to see where I should go... but it didn't give me any test, it just stuck me in a really basic lesson: "A man. A woman. A boy. A girl." After I got every answer right in four lessons, it bumped me up a level to "Sorry, please, excuse me, thank you." I'm still getting every answer right, so maybe it will bump me up again. I don't think this is the level of Spanish I should be in, but at least all my lessons have been perfect so far. I suppose there's something to be said for that.
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