Scottie is waiting for Jen's return in 2 more days. | Mountain Winery Rising Full Moon photo courtesy of Jon F
Highlights: EARLY am rise and drop Jen to SJC for her flight to Seattle with Judith. He took Scottie, which worked reasonably well, but he's not fond of her traveling without him. Work was good - focus engaged effectively. Lauren came down via Amtrak, and her train was over an hour late, but we had advance notice, and I took both dogs to pick her up. We're all so glad to have her home. Tomorrow will be a fun day together with both of them. Tonight was "Classic Albums Live - The Dark Side of the Moon at Mt Winery. Jon Dom and Matt joined me, and it was awesome. I've seen performances before, but this was not only spot-on, but even the sound effects (bag of dropping coins, for example) were live and not recorded loops. They jammed and rocked and nailed it. It was also so fun to bring together three people I think are cool and watch them gel because that, too, is cool. Hopefully, we'll all reconnect again at a future event or outing. I returned to a house with both kids in it for the first time in a few weeks, and that's heartwarming. Life is good, really good; no matter what hardships may have come or will come my way, I have a lot to be grateful for.