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Here’s Shannon in a photo she didn’t want me to use. But I think it’s as cute as can be. We were in one of the New York subway stations and they had some very pretty mosaics. She looks just like an angel there, no? Great Art courtesy of the exclusive iPhone-cam, taken somewhere underneath New York City during our visit there with Andy in March, 2012, and part of my famous Shannon and Architecture series.

I have a few pictures like this one. She liked to humor me by copying the poses of statues and pictures and such. It was great fun, but she was never crazy about having me share the pictures with others. I think she might approve at this point, though. She was fun. Oh, how I love her.

It was a pretty good day. I got a little bit of work done on the website in the afternoon. Most of the work was invisible, but there was a bit of substance too. The is still so much on my plate. I really need to focus more. I really want to focus more too, but possibly not as badly as I need to.

In the evening, I went out with the sushi group and had an excellent all-you-can-eat sushi dinner. Everything I tried was delicious, the service was excellent, and the people were really fun. It turned out that most of the people on my end of the table were from the midwest. They were fun to talk with and generally great company. I’m really glad I went.

Tomorrow is a normal workday. Thursday, I’m going to a happy hour event with the 40+ singles and then another all-you-can-eat sushi visit on Friday. I’ll really enjoy it, but I am a bit worried about overeating. Is it possible to control your intake when you’re at a sushi restaurant and there are no limits to what they’ll bring you? I have my doubts.

I chatted with Sandy today, who shared some good news with me. Congratulations, Detroiters!

And it’s late, so I’ll leave my Loyal Readers with this exciting Morrowlife Employment Agency job opportunity: Oklahoma-based terrorist octopus!

See you tomorrow.

Here’s Shannon posing by an archway of orchids. This picture is significant because it’s the last one I can find of Shannon before she got sick. We were one month and a day away from the event that would change our lives forever – her cancer diagnosis. And everything was perfectly fine. Great Art courtesy of the exclusive iPhone-cam, taken at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania during the Orchid Festival just about a week before we came to Las Vegas, and part of my famous Shannon, Architecture, Event, and Garden series.

I’m posting later than usual tonight because I sat outside from about 11:00 to midnight watching the lunar eclipse. It was beautiful! I sat in my comfortable chair on the back patio with the moon centered directly above me. The night was cool but pretty comfortable – temperatures in the mid-sixties. The skies were perfectly clear. It was beautiful. I tried to get pictures with the exclusive iPad-cam, but its automatic brightness adjustment made it quite difficult. This is the best I could get:

That was taken when the eclipse was at just about 100%, so you can see the iPad was trying its best to see some light there. Anyway, it was spectacular. I’m glad I stayed up to watch it.

Didn’t accomplish a whole lot else today. I bought groceries at Costco and Winco. I did some reading. Talked with a few people on the phone, including Tony, who just returned from a Caribbean and Mexican cruise. He saw Chichen Itza. That’s someplace I’d love to go someday.

Had a bit of a sick day yesterday. The wind was blowing pretty hard, and I had stuffed up sinuses and a massive headache most of the day. At bedtime, I took my temperature. It was at about 99.5. A little later, I got up and checked it again. It was 100. Even later, I checked it again. It was 101. When I got up in the morning, it had gone back down to 99 and it’s normal by now. I don’t know if the fever is caused by my allergies or if I got a bit of the flu again. It was around a couple of sick relatives on Saturday, but I don’t think I was really exposed to anything. Another mystery.

And that’s about it for today. I didn’t work, although I should have. That’s the beauty of my life right now. But tomorrow I plan to get a bunch of stuff done. Yeah, that’s it. Tomorrow.

I’ll leave my Loyal Readers with this rare combination food violence news and exciting Morrowlife Employment Agency job opportunity: customer tries to buy beer with live alligator as currency!

See you tomorrow.

Here’s Shannon way back before we met. I think this is probably from high school, but I guess it could be junior high. Any Loyal Readers care to venture a guess? Early 70’s? Late 60’s? All I know is she didn’t change much. Other than getting her braces off, of course. Great Art courtesy of some camera at some time. Picture recently found and scanned by me and part of my famous Shannon series.

Not a lot to report today. I worked on the new PhotoDoc website quite a bit and I think it’s already looking much better than before. There’s still quite a lot to do, but I see great progress. I’ll probably put in a few hours on it over the weekend, although there are several other things I want to get done too.

Let’s see, what else interesting happened today? I did the laundry. I jacuzzified for about 45 minutes this evening. I watched a few episodes of Top Gear. I made a decent dinner – chipotle chicken. I’ve decided to stop thinking those frozen skillet dinners are lame and just enjoy them once a week or so. I also made a decent breakfast – scrambled eggs, sausage, and toast. Also juice-like substance.

Anyway. Chatted with a few people on the phone. Puttered a bit in the back yard. Exercised. Read.

Not too much planned for the weekend. I’m getting together with Ken on Saturday morning to work a bit on his truck. That afternoon, there’s a neighborhood barbecue and Easter egg hunt. Saturday is also my sister Julie’s birthday, so I’ll be making a phone call. Sunday, nothing is really on the books. We will probably have dinner at Ken and Melanie’s house. Otherwise, I imagine we’ll rest.

And that’s about it. It’s already late, so I’ll leave my Loyal Readers with this exciting Morrowlife Employment Agency job opportunity: grizzly bear obesity researcher!

See you on Monday.

Here are (left to right) Candy, Dad McCulloch, Shannon, Robin, and Melanie posing in their awesome 80’s duds. Hey, they were totally cool back then. Great Art courtesy of some film camera, taken . . . umm . . . someplace (maybe in front of our house in Mira Mesa?) by . . . umm . . . someone (me?), and part of my famous Shannon and Vacation series.

I’m assuming at least some of the people in that picture were on vacation. Seems like a reasonable assumption to me. Maybe we were at a family reunion. Maybe something else. Do any of my Loyal Readers remember?

Pretty good day today. I got some progress made on my updated PhotoDoc website. Much more to do, at least some of which will take place tomorrow. It really feels good to be back to work. I’m not putting in a whole ton of hours every day yet, but I’m working pretty much as hard as I want to work.

Also found time to pay bills and get a haircut today. Bills were paid first, then Mark and I went to the gym, then I took a shower, then I got a haircut. I like my barber. They may not give a great haircut, but they have you watch sports while they’re doing it (I saw some of the Masters golf tournament – don’t pity me, I like it). And then, for just five measly dollars more, they take you into the back room, shampoo your hair, put a hot towel on your face, and massage your scalp. And then they take you back to the barber chair and give your shoulders a massage. Wow. Haircut: fine. Experience: very nice. I want to get my hair cut again tomorrow.

Mark and I went to our first meetup tonight with the Sushi and More group from meetup.com. We went to a newly-opened ramen noodle place, featuring “fusion” noodles. They looked pretty much like regular noodles to me, but they were quite good anyway. Also a bit garlicky, which is a feature, not a bug. The people were uniformly nice and one of leaders – a nice lady named Sarah – apparently knows everything about every restaurant in Las Vegas. She was really interesting to talk with. Oh, and the food was very inexpensive. Apparently, such is the way with noodle restaurants. Which is good information, if you ask me.

My next meetup is on Tuesday with the same group. We’re going to a sushi place. I’m looking forward to it.

So it was a busy day, which is a good thing. I did find time to watch a couple more episodes of Top Gear. I’m working on getting through the entire series. I’m on season 14 right now, so I’ve seen a lot of them, but there are many more to see. So many responsibilities.

And I’ll leave my Loyal Readers with this exciting Morrowlife Employment Agency job opportunity: fugitive zebra!

See you tomorrow.

Here’s Shannon getting ready for the first of her two air ambulance flights from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. She reported that the plane was incredibly crowded, even though the entire passenger list consisted of her. There were also two pilots and a nurse or two, so she didn’t get lonely. She didn’t have much to say about her second flight, which took place in January, 2014. She was quite a bit sicker by then and we had other worries. But she enjoyed this one. Great Art courtesy of Shannon’s iPhone 4S, taken by one of the air ambulance nurses, and part of my famous Shannon, Las Vegas, Medical, and Machinery series.

Pretty good day today. Got a reasonable amount of work done. We have a meeting room reserved for our October PhotoDoc seminar! And I wrote  a rough draft of the seminar announcement. Also started looking for new WordPress themes for the PhotoDoc website. Much more work in that direction due tomorrow.

And . . . I can’t really think of anything else I did today. Spent a bit of time on the phone. Transferred Flat Earth to Chris’s Apple developer account. Had leftovers from Monday for dinner, with the addition of some corn and tossed salad (with grated cheese!). Watched a few episodes of Top Gear. Did a bit of reading. And that’s about it.

The house got cleaned today, which is always nice. It looks beautiful

Oh, I also made reservations for a few meetups during the coming couple of weeks. Tomorrow I go to a ramen restaurant with the “Sushi and more” group. I’ve never been out with them, so I’m hoping to meet some more nice people. Can’t remember exactly what and when the other ones are. I’ll figure it out in due time.

And I’ll leave my Loyal Readers with this shocking food violence news: chainsaw-wielding man attacks Mr. Whippy van!

See you tomorrow.