My Chain Broke

Last weekend Jake, Alan, and I went bike riding and my chain on my bike broke. It was kind of my fault because I pedaled while shifting on a steep hill. But who would have thought that would happen? None of us had ever seen it.

We couldn't get the chain fixed, so Jake basically pulled me all the way back to the car. We stuck to the streets after that, but it still gave Jake a good work out. I felt kind of silly coasting beside him, but it was kind of fun, almost like a game. :)

Glue Troubles

This weekend we were cleaning the garage and transfering some of the things we have in cardboard boxes into plastic containers. While going through the boxes we found that a few had been dripped on by a type of glue that had been stored above the boxes. The pictures I've included give a small taste of what everything looked like. The main box that was affected had our dishes in it. Thank goodness the glue came off after being washed in warm water. The tuperware we just threw away.

Below is the plate that was on the bottom of the box. In this picture I've almost got the cardboard box off.


In the picture below, I've finally got the box off. I then brought it into the house where some warm water helped me get the rest of the mess off the plate.


In this picture is some of the stuff that couldn't be saved.


This is where the boxes had been stored. You can still see some of the glue on the ground with bits of cardboard still attached.

Emilio's Bike Broke

On Sunday we went on a bike ride and saw a really big bob cat. It was really cool. :)

What wasn't so cool is that Emilio's whole pedal fell off. I think that Jake called it the crank shaft. This is not just the pedal, but the whole arm also. It happened when we had gone quite a ways and had no way to make a repair.

Now think about it, how do you make the bike move without a pedal on one side? Luckily, Jake fits on Emilio's bike and he has shoes that lock in. So he locked in and did a push/pull type of thing all the way back to the car, and went just as fast as we usually do. It was quite impressive. So now we've got the get Emilio's new bike fixed. Poor Emilio was not very happy about the whole thing. And after having to wait three weeks to ride his new bike! What a let down. :(

But we had fun anyway, and next week we'll have to go on a longer ride.

Flooded Garage

This morning I went to the garage to move my stuff into the dryer and saw that the floor was flooded. The drain on the washer wasn't in the correct spot. :(

The only thing that was really damaged is our Cal King Bed that we had stored away. We had two sheets of plastic on it and it still got wet. I'm not sure if we are going to be able to salvage it. Looks like $1000 down the drain.

Jake pointed out that maybe we just weren't meant to have that particular bed. It's the same one that Seven peed on when she accidentally got locked in the house.

So we had a fun morning of trying to clean out the garage. Ya right.

Burned Truck

This lovely truck was parked at the end of our street for about a week before it was finally taken away.

Seven's Accomplishments

Seven has started killing lots of mice lately.

Poor Little Baby Bunny

Today as I was driving into work I saw a baby bunny sitting in the street not moving as cars drove by, so I parked the car and walked back to it. It actually seemed to be somewhat OK, so I put it in the grass and it didn't really move much. I took it to the grass where all the bunnies seem to live and it didn't really move and kind of fell over at some point. I thought maybe it's leg wasn't doing very well so I packed him up and took him to my office thinking about how a could find a box and give him water and food.

On the way to my office he started to gasp for air. I set down my stuff and ran for the outdoors, but just as I was getting outside he seemed to have a bit of a seizure and then didn't move again. :( I put him in the trash and that was it.

Poor little bunny. I wish I could have done more.

Offer on our House

We actually got an offer on our house yesterday and sent back a counter offer today. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

Wendy's Visit and Grandma's Get-Together

I feel very guilty for going so long without mentioning Wendy's visit. I think she stole all of the good pictures anyway. And from my camera! We had a really good time. I wish she could visit more often. I'll have to see if she left me with anything original to post.

Grandma's get-together was fun. I hadn't seen most of my family in years, so it was fun and interesting to catch up on what everyone is doing. We were at my mom and Jim's house so all the kids had a blast in the pool. They kept asking when they could next come back. I only vaguely remember having that much energy when I was younger.

WLAC Incident

Last week, there was a strange incident at West Los Angeles Community College. A student signed in to talk to a counselor and when I called her name she let me know that she didn't need any counseling but was trying to get away from a guy who had been following her since she arrived on campus. She had completed everything that she needed to do and wanted to go home, but he was still following her, talking to her and touching her. She was scared that he was going to do something bad to her and even started crying. Poor thing!

I ended up taking her out of the back of the building and walked her to her car. On the way there we saw the guy and had to detour to stay away from him. I finished walking her to her car and waited until she'd driven away. I then kept a very close eye out to make sure he didn't come back to me mad that I'd gotten her away from him.

When I got back to the office I called the police to let them know but they said they couldn't do anything since nothing had really happened.

What's interesting is that the next day I got an e-mail at Cal Poly that was sent to the entire campus saying that if we see anybody suspicious or who doesn't belong or is doing anything odd, let them know immediately. I think this came about because of the Virginia shootings. But what a difference between WLAC and Cal Poly. Kind of interesting.