"Friendship is a plant we must water often." - German proverb

Today I learned that there are two ways to say "I'm sorry" in Portuguese.
Desculpa means, "I'm sorry I did that wrong thing."
Sinto muito means, "I'm sorry for your problems, your trouble."
We need that in English. I've often had to explain my meaning when saying "I'm sorry," especially when I mean sinto muito.

We had rain for just over an hour this morning. It wasn't a downpour but it was the first significant rain in a couple of months. Wonderful! It washed the dust off of all the vegetation (we live on a gravel road) and you could hear all the plants and berry vines saying, "Ahhhhhh."
I celebrated by driving into Dizzy's and having a cinnamon roll while I made the slide show for Sunday's class and started on that project.

I'm very slowly personalizing my new space at the church offices, but I'm not doing much. Getting all creative (aka artsy) with a former closet that is my workspace for about 20 hours per week doesn't fall very high on my current list of priorities.

So far I've drilled a hole in the countertop/desktop for cords and cables to run through, put up a whiteboard, and stuck the letters D & V on the wall.
They're paper mache and I got them at Hobby Lobby for $2 each. Then I sprayed them with some Krylon paint that comes out more texture than paint.
D.V. is the standard and ancient abbreviation for the Latin, Deo Volente. (God willing)
If I had the courage or youth to get a tattoo I'd have that put on my inside right forearm facing me, as a reminder that all of my plans are subject to his sovereign will.
But I am neither courageous nor young, so $8 worth of supplies from Hobby Lobby seems like a better idea.

I spent all afternoon installing the lower valance and the bumper.
All. Afternoon.
The valance was first and because the original got trashed in the previous owner's accident I ordered an aftermarket repo. I knew to expect a less than perfect fit and spent an hour or so making the necessary adjustments so it would bolt on.
The bumper was also aftermarket. Same issues. Then I wrestled with how to get it bolted on. After too much wrestling I decided it needs to go on before the valance. Take the bumper off, take the valance off, put the bumper on, put the valance on.
And none of that is a simple bolt-up operation.
There are "bumper guards" that go below the bumper. I'm afraid when I go to do that task I'll discover that I'm going to have to relive this afternoon's efforts.

We've been out for Thursday night pizza. Tomorrow morning Pam does the grocery shopping and then she has a class to take in Eugene late in the afternoon.
I'll be home doing some church stuff and working on Sally. I'm still cautiously optimistic I can drive it to church Sunday. I took the battery out early in the disassembly process and now I'm wondering if the lights will all work when I hook everything back up. I had to undo most of the wiring so we'll see if I got it back together correctly.