Another Orbit

Another orbit around our primary star completed successfully, given a reasonable subset of all realities to be defined as “successful.”

Best gift: Younger Daughter’s surprise arrival.

The Long-Suffering Wife surprised me big time with balloons waiting for me on my desk at the CAF hanger. So much for laying low and being discreet there.

Well played, wife, well played.

The Long-Suffering Blue Mom-mobile Minivan got into the “red letter day” spirit with this today. In car years, it might be older than I am. (And yes, we were stopped when I took this. I’m not an idiot. At least, I’m not that kind of an idiot.)

I can just about count on one hand the number of times I’ve ever taken pictures of my dinner in a restaurant. (I did it a couple times on the Asian trip, because I was so far outside my comfort zone that I wasn’t sure people back home would believe what I was eating voluntarily.) Tonight’s dinner at a favorite local Italian restaurant was incredibly good, “Pollo California” with jumbo shrimp, lemon sauce on chicken breast, avacado, and more. Of course, the little paper umbrella made it special!

Thanks, y’all!