Day 40

 Today I got to ride my bike to work again for the first time in a month.  I was reminded that I have big wheels on my bike, making it more work to ride on the road.  When I arrived at work, I found out that we were skipping the morning meeting again, so Posh took me straight to Bentley.  I had finished all the vacant units that needed warranties on Tuesday, and now I had to go door to door asking people if we could take pictures of their serial numbers and then enter them into the computer for the warranty work.  I met a lot of pretty nice people, and I also met some rude people.  I met some mean dogs and some extremely friendly dogs.  Overall, I was pretty on edge most of the day, but it all turned out fine.  After work, we immediately left to go to Marilyn's house.  She is a member of our church who was willing to give us supper.  She fed us very well with taco salad and then banana splits.  After supper, Christian and Leigha dropped us off at home, and they went to a meeting.  They left Naomi with us.  We took her to a park for a bit, while I tried to get a new battery for the van.  The people at O'Rileys were not very helpful, and I did not get a new battery.  Then we went back home and watched Naomi color for a while before trying to put her to bed.  We got her to go to bed one time, and then she woke up.  Then I tried again and we walked around the backyard for a while until she fell back asleep, and then I kept walking around until Christian and Leigha got home.

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