Birthday, Belize & Builders

I celebrated my birthday in Belize this year and decided that I should do this every year from now on. I had so much "fun in the sun". Antonella bought me an underwater Sea Scooter so that I could do a James Bond - or in my case a Brooks Bond!
On one shopping trip, we bought tables and chairs for the house and we've now also planted some flowers and shrubs to add some colour and order to the surrounding land.

Not too much has been done in the way of landscaping because we have signed the next building contract and the main house starts going up tomorrow. This means that most of the land will become a building site again but the flora has been kept away from the expected site areas. Antonella also planted another coconut tree.
When I got back to my office in San Francisco, some of the staff had filled my office with balloons and had a cake made.

Trucking For The Weekend

About To Board,
originally uploaded by darkroijoy.

The BMW is being repaired after the accident and I wanted to run a few errands that a truck would be ideal for. The insurance includes car hire so I decided to hire a truck for the weekend.

The Guy behind the counter said I could have a small one or a larger one. And yes, this happens to be the small one!!!

It was surprisingly easy to drive even if I felt like I should have taken a Bus driving test first. By the end of Sunday I even had parallel parking well under control in this beast.

I'll be dropping it off tomorrow before I go in to work. I'll probably intimidate a few commuters on the way - just for a laugh!

Off the road for a while then

Off the road for a while then,
originally uploaded by darkroijoy.

Driving down to Marina we were hit by a Ford Explorer at the crossroads of Divisadero and Chestnut. The woman in the other car went straight into the "it was your fault blah, blah, blah" I just took her details and checked that everyone was OK.

A bystander came forward and gave me his details saying he was willing to step forward as a witness.

We'll just wait and see how it goes now. The axle seems to be bent but everything else seems to be working. The roll bars in the rear headrests shot up on the impact - cool!