Vacation

This is the first official vacation (that which is actually paid time off) since I left Schwanns 2 1/2 years ago. Deb and I are headed to Mazatlan for some sun and more importantly- heat! Deb left Wed night so that she could serve as a cha-cha on the Walk that is happening this week in Edmonds WA. I followed a day later.

This is the first time traveling with a laptop. For being a wireless society, it is amazing how wired you need to be to travel with one of these. Power cords. ear buds, more power cords, mouse, more power cords (heaven forbid if the batteries go down!). Once I reached the airport the first thing I did was look for an outlet in which to plug into, knowing I wanted to save the batteries for the airplane. This is not as easy as it sounds. this is not like your basic house which has outlets on every wall and then some. after 15 minutes of looking I found a set under the payphones by the gate. With that accomplished, I watched "Ratatouille" while waiting to board. It sure beats watching basketball on the big screen in the lobby.

Met an engaging young man on the plane. Alim Kassim. An IT whiz for a major company. Passionate photographer. You can see his work at: http://www.alimkassim.com. we spent the flight talking on a variety of subjects and also watched "Wall-E" as he had never seen it before.

Puyallup has and has not changed. Meridian is still as congested as ever (do you think Mucinex would help?) There is more commercial development which is not a good thing. Although Deb and I want to get back to the Puget Sound area, I am not sure South Hill is the place.

Everett and Edmonds are next.

Obituary

This morning at 9 am our beloved cat, Cider went to be with her Creator. She was 14 and half years old and was in failing health the last 2 months. If at times she was a pest (missing the cat box, horking up on the carpet) she was for the most part an easy cat to live with. Although she was not a playful cat, she was a great lap cat and had a purr (25 cps) that could be heard ten feet away.

She came to us when she followed Will and Deb home one summer evening. Despite Bob's protestations, she became an integral part of the Sinclair family for the last 13+ years. She was very friendly to all who met her (w/one exception [sorry Kristen]). She will be greatly missed.


With the pain of losing her, the question I have is: who pastors the Pastor? Despite the fact that I was allergic to her, and never wanted the cat to begin with, there is this profound sense of loss. It will not be the same coming home and not be able to greet "Stinky" at the door. Goodbye friend.