08.15
So yesterday I got off work at 3:30pm and dashed home. Got changed, grabbed Odin and the bike and headed out to Fiesta Island to do some riding. Odin and I did two mini-laps around the dog park area before calling it. As we were leaving there was a pit bull that Odin suddenly felt inclined to play with – so I let him take off – and of course, he chased the pit bull right into the water. The two of them played in the water for about 10 minutes, before Odin was done and tired and came back to me.
I don’t know why but sometimes that water really stinks… And when Odin came out – he was stinky and very, very muddy.
As you can see…
But it was a fun time. I came home and he and I showered – then Aim came home after 4 days of being away at a Toyfair for work. Odin was very, very, very happy to see her.
He knocked out on the couch though and settled down after a bit. I think this whole Fiesta Island thing is working out.
The downside is the gas. Driving an XTERRA is not very gas friendly. And Fiesta Island is a good distance from my house. But it’s worth it I suppose for Odin and I. Sort of like a monthly fee to a gym is how I look at it. 
So the other thing – this morning when I got up and dressed and crawled out of the house – I noticed something…
You ever do that thing where you jab some sticks through a potato and then put it above a glass of water and watch it grow roots? Well I had done that with two potatos – one did not do well (it essentially turned to smelly moosh) – the second grew roots out of control. So finally I took it out, got some soil, shoved it in a pot – and buried it – thinking, “I have never grown a potato… no idea what’s going to happen – if anything.” I was sure it was going to die.
Well the other day I saw some parts poking out – to my amazement. Then today – it’s like tripled it’s size and there’s a mess of other tiny ones now – so the potato is clearly growing in the sand – but I have no idea what to expect…
Those were taken with my cell phone. So then I walked out to my car – and I don’t know what it is with the spiders around our house but they apparently have big plans to capture a human in their webs one day.
It reminds me of that Farside comic strip.
Anyway – when I walked out there was a HUGE, complex web by my car (not attached to my car – but to the plants) – with a spider boldly waiting in the middle. You can’t really see it (because again, it was with my cell phone).
But it’s there.
Oh yes.
Thank God it’s Friday.
