Two years after her breakdown under the Seattle waterfront, workers on the Highway 99 tunnel project are starting to cover Bertha with sand at the bottom of the 120-deep rescue pit. Well! Just look at the giant filling effort. That sure puts our dinky little sewer holes in perspective.
Now they are calling her "Sandy" although I don't know if the new name will stick. You can only imagine the next name if the drill overheats and stalls again. Of course, there's no guarantee she won't, and she still has a long way to go. If that happens, we don't have another plan.
But why be pessimistic? Onward we go. Officials say they might be ready to start drilling on December 23, although workers will probably take a holiday break from all of that strenuous overtime.
No holiday break around this house today. It's cookie crunch time-- John's work potluck is tomorrow. Like Mrs. Claus, from year to year I tend to forget how much work it is making a cookie for every child at Boeing. Ha! And it's impossible to make too many Coconut Dream Bars.
"The key to happiness is a short memory"
Rita Mae Brown
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