Jobs I Do Not Envy

The black spot on the top of the blimp is a man working on it. Gave me the heebie-jeebies just watching him. Hope he is painting, not patching-though it would be quite amazing to see a quick release like a flying balloon. Jet propulsion.

If you like aircraft and the sound of engines as I do (in this metro setting-where trains, trucks, planes and boats contrast with my quiet homeplace in Wyoming -well there are the cars and car sound systems there) this is the place to be. The sounds interrupt conversations some days but the sights are endlessly fascinating.

Mike the Coastal RV guy was by to continue work here in service Hell. I was on the verge of losing patience with him. He asked about Lucy and Charlie and said he brought his girlfriend to go bike riding with them but they were gone. I asked (because I was confused) what happened to his Dutch born wife who I spoke to first three years ago when they were just off to Holland for a visit. She had a brain aneurysm last June and died (age 56) after an ordeal on life support. Was I glad I was not short with him? Yes. Quite amazing he is even functioning. And I guess that is the lesson: everybody has a story and some of them are not very pretty, kindness rules.