This is a bits and pieces post as it's been one of those kinds of weeks. The weather has been pretty warm and very humid. I got out on the bike to explore some running routes for the group run. We're doing a weekly Sat run for this ladies group we've hooked up with. I mapped the route with my GPS and posted it on the invite. It was great to ride around and check out the scenery. So Saturday was our first run - we had 6 ladies turn up which was a great outcome. We enjoyed brekky afterwards and they all seemed to enjoy it and more importantly, keen to come again. So, I've got next week's run invitation posted and hopefully we'll see more ladies running. The exercise and social culture is not big here but hopefully we will influence some change. The ladies were lovely, funny, friendly and we enjoyed asking them lots of questions about all-things-US.
The key highlight for us this week was seeing Cricket take his 1st swim. At home we took him to the lake but he was not keen to get his feet wet. And here, he would tippy toe across the creek. Gradually we got him more and more into the water and finally, he took the leap into the deep and reached for the stick. HE SWAM !! It was not pretty, but he splashed and thumped loudly and brought the stick back. Not only were we cheering, he was pretty pleased with himself too. It was a great day at the creek.
I took a drive to the local Costco to check it out. There are quite a few of them here and they are quite huge, bigger than home. The sell NZ lamb which looks yummy and they had a lot of stuff that I will go back and start to stock up on.
We went to another bbq to celebrate a combined birthday. The network of work friends is quite close and it's nice to feel welcomed in this small Aussie community.
We've been following the election news at home and received our postal voting packs. The new Senate voting rules make it interesting now to vote above the line. For the first time we had to google some of the parties to see what they stood for. The Sex Party proved an interesting read - gotta love democracy.
Now while the US debate their next president and Australia prepares for their next PM, the real issue here in the neighbourhood is none other than 'sidewalks' - to have or not have. There are YES and NO signs on everyone's front yards and it's even funny to see neighbours next to each other with different signs. I read the info and the YES people want sidewalks for safety (stop people from walking on the road) and the NO people think it will destroy their trees, yards, plants etc and devalue their land. There have been town hall meetings and I have to say, I'm definitely for the sidewalks cause it's bloody dangerous walking on the roads.
A final word....took a pic of this van - love the business name for this frisky plumber. And check out the most frequented driving manoeuvre in DC = double park. But their hazard lights are on so it's all good, so they think? It's really bloody annoying. They just double park ANYWHERE - to get a coffee, to get take away, to get a passenger and it's stops traffic, causes lane blockages. They do this on any road, any time, any place. Driving in DC is a real obstacle course and if we leave here without a car ding, I will be surprised.
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