We got this notice from the city a couple of weeks ago that
they would be shutting off the water for a day this week so they could work on
replacing the main. Ok, not too unusual—they’ve
gotta work on the infrastructure sooner or later, right? What we didn’t realize is that apparently
there is some kind of main valve-thing right under our driveway. So when the shutoff day arrived (yesterday)
we didn’t realize that for us it meant more than just having the water shut off
for the day, it also meant having access to our driveway and garage taken out by a huge hole in our front yard that took out half of our driveway. So last night they kind of filled in the
hole, but it’s still just in a temporary state because apparently this is a
2-stage fix. Day one was yesterday, and day
two will be next week.
So, what, you might be asking, does any of that have to do
with bike riding? Well, it’s just that
it makes it Brenda a little uncomfortable with riding out from the house. The driveway is torn up, the front yard is
torn up, and even the street is torn up.
We kept the car parked in the street last night, in front of the neighbor's house, so I put her bike
in the car this morning before I left for work and she just drove out to the
ride again. And that means that, with
today’s 25 miles, she only has 50 miles so far this week, when she’d ordinarily
have closer to 80. So we either have to
ride more on the weekend, or be especially thankful for last week’s 220
miles. And, looking at the weather forecast
for Saturday, I think it’s going to be the latter.
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