a wonderful anniversary with mrrad – 15 fabulous years
a great day at the ballpark with friends
Cubs win
4 weeks until vacation (hopefully I can make it til then)
Kona’s seizure was mild and it was 38 days since the previous one
my presentation was selected for a national conference next year
Across the sky
A contrail
Where are they going?
Where are they coming from?
against the San Francisco skyline
About the women in the life of Frank Lloyd Wright, the greatest architect in the world (according to him). FLW is one of my favorite architects so I’m always interested when there is something to read about him.
The book focused on the personalities of the women and left FLW as neither hero nor villian, although he was probably both. It was set mostly in Taliesen in Spring Green, WI, but also in Oak Park and Chicago. Being an architect, and from Chicago, I am ashamed to say that I’ve never visited Taliesen (east or west) but it is something I need to do.
A gorgeous day at the ballpark
Perfect weather
Fabulous seats.
Surrounded by other Cub fans.
Right in front of us-the heart of the fan base
Cubs beat the Giants
Made the day all worthwhile.
AT&T Park is a great baseball park. Reminds me of Wrigley Field
The easiest thing for me to do is photograph Kona, and I will use him to start this off. But I will try to focus on other dogs, too.
_Not as long of a week this week as last. I took Thursday and Friday off. Thursday was our wedding anniversary and unfortunately I got a migraine. Friday was migraine hangover. _
Cubs versus Giants at AT&T park
nap
laundry
meetingmassagehair appointmentgrocery store
work on mom’s memory book
work on my photo book
drop off photos at mom’s
make vitamin packs
clean Phoenix cage
meet with potential dog sitter
call yoga teacher and schedule class
yoga
order gift for mom
birthday presents
talk with brother about mom’s birthday celebration
personal spa hour
water plants
The Embarcadero in San Francisco
People walking.
I love the shadows from the street lights
And the spot of colors of the people walking.
Red
Yellow
Blue
What people wear never cease to amaze me.
Today is our wedding anniversary.
We drove up to Sonoma for lunch.
Ate at the Swiss Hotel, on the patio, which is covered by a pergola, upon which grapes grow.
It is the time of year for harvest.
The grapes were hanging down and ripening.
Very quaint town.
Another trip to the airport.
Another flight.
Another evening waiting to go home.
This is LAX, one of the original terminals I think.
It carries the same Jetson’s theme in the architecture as the original air traffic control tower.
50s circles.
Another night.
Another hotel.
Another hotel room.
At least this is one of my favorite hotels
And I was upgraded to a junior suite.
This is the Beverly Hilton, where the golden globes are held.
Built in the 60’s by Merv Griffin. I love the look and feel of this hotel. Very 60s Hollywood.
Since his last seizure and he had one this morning at 5:00 am. It was fairly mild. He had just got up on the bed when it hit. Mrrad held him through it. I noticed this morning that he has a rash on his tummy and a cut in his armpit. He may have been bitten by something which can cause a seizure in him. He also hurt his right front leg/shoulder and has been limping for the last two days. Poor guy. He’s having a tough week. Today is our 15th wedding anniversary and we’re both off of work so we can hang with him.
Fall is here.
However, this is historically the hottest week of the year in San Francisco.
When it gets hot, the fog comes to in cool things down.
It creeps in through the “gate” and over the hills in a thin covering to start.
It gets thicker.
Here it makes the hills look like bit marshmellows.
Its Sunday.
A day of not much action.
A day for hanging out.
A day for naps.
Everyday is Sunday for Kona.
He’s a master of hanging out.
and taking naps
and not much action.
When I took the dog out yesterday there was a flock of crows flying crow chaos formation raising a racket with their cawwing. I don’t know what set them off, but I felt like I had my own personal scene of “Birds”, which, by the way, was filmed about 30 miles from where I live on the Marin coast.
Transportion day. The west coast home of the Goodyear blimp. At least I don’t have to use the blimp for transportation
Landing at SFO with another plane coming in at the same time.
This is from the new performing arts theater in the new Music building at UCSD. I love the planes of the ceiling that they designed for acoustics.
The seating in the performing arts center.
Its been a long week.
I’m glad to be home after being gone all week.
A week in southern California.
The tree seems to have grown an umbillical cord.
What’s up with that?
I received all of the photos/scans that I sent out last week. The only thing left are those photos in albums that don’t come out. Now I need to back up and store—the easy jobs.
Another long week away from home this week. Very little on the agenda to do this weekend. I’m planning a short week next week since its our anniversary.
Take mrrad to pick up jeep from repair shop.
Breakfast out with mrrad.
Grocery store.
Mani/pedi
Work on mom’s memory book
Talk with brother about mom’s b’day celebration.
Meet with potential petsitter for Kona for when we go on vacation.
Call yoga teacher and schedule private yoga sessions.
Yoga
Personal spa hour
Review expense report so it can be submitted.
Make vitamin packs
Golf
Nap
Yet another hotel room.
My least favorite hotel in San Diego.
Its a gussied up Motel 6
Dual Birds of Paradise
I love them. We had them at our wedding.
Our anniversary is in 7 days.
Hmm.
Somehow I doubt that the weight of the world is carried at Tiffany’s.
But then expectations must be high if you are at Tiffany’s
Yet another night.
In another hotel room.
They all start to look the same.
Very cool old convertible. I saw it twice around town today. Its owner must have been taking it out for its Sunday walk
Sunset in the City. Incredible colors. What is difficult to see is that what appears to be hills in the distance is really a fog bank. If you look very closely you can see a bit of the top of hill peaking above the fog bank.
Didn’t sleep well last night because we were awakened by a very loud clap of thunder. We’re having dry lightening and thunder which is incredibly unusual for us. And of course I was hypervigilant because this is the type of weather that can send Kona into a seizure. He’s just fine though
-Meet with L.--grocery store-
Pick up Kona meds
Massage
Go to mom’s to install new phone
Make copies of photo DVD
Take/mail copies of DVD to family
Start Mom’s photo book
nap
My favorite little blue pill . . .
NO! Not THAT little blue pill. The other little blue pill.
The sculpture at the entry to our office building in LA,
I photograph these buildings in Century City often, probably because they are across the street from the hotel I usually stay in. But this was the first time my room was on axis with the hole in the first building, the negative space between the second pair of buildings, right to the Hollywood hills.
My cactus ball. Indestructable.
Taking another PTO day today (the first one I’ll actually record because I won’t have a marathon work week). I didn’t sleep well last night for some reason. I think today will be a paperwork and errand kind of day. I haven’t left the house for the last three days and should get out and accomplish a few things. I always feel better when the niggling things are done.
pay bills
bd card for tracy
deposit check
send out check
pick up prescription
grocery store
pick up globe from lighting store
mani/pedi
yoga
personal spa hour
water outdoor plants
collect and organize expense receipts
For the last three days I’ve gone nowhere, done nothing, and have only been inspired by the gorgeous Kona.
I packaged up all of the rest of the photos that I want scanned (except for my wedding photos)and they will be on their way tomorrow. The only things I would have left to scan are those things that are in albums and will require hand scanning-and I’ve done a lot of those already.
a long week-end
a sleep marathon-I’m feeling better
three weeks since Kona’s last seizure
Kona’s blood level of medication appears to be good
eight weeks until Hawaii
my wonderful husband
great summer weather
PTO
for mom’s memory book.
It took me forever to get it done. Just could not get motivated. But with her birthday a month away I had to get it done so people could respond if they were so inclined. I need to send one more email to my cousin and ask her to send onto other cousins whose contact information I do not have.
Labor Day. I’m not feeling as poorly today as I did yesterday, but I also do not feel like running any races. I did not accomplish yesterday what I wanted to, so I’ll add it to today’s list
spend quality time with mrrad
register for silent retreat
buy plane ticket for silent retreat
send out requests for mom’s memory book started yesterday
collect photos to scan
make vitamin packs
send out check
if I feel so inclined
work on wills
mom’s power of attorney for hc
I managed to accomplish nothing on my list yesterday (except start the laundry). I took a 4 hour nap and had no energy. I also have no energy today after sleeping for 11 hours last night. What’s up with that? I’ll put the same items on the list but don’t think I will accomplish any of them since I don’t feel well. :-(
laundry started
pick up prescription
deposit check
send out check
send out requests for mom’s memory book
collect photos for scanning
register for silent retreat
buy plane ticket for silent retreat
water plants
go to hear mrrad’s band play
Driveway art – a neighborhood kid used chalk to express his/her creativity.
Today is our slava (saints day) but did nothing to celebrate it. Another flower, a gerbera daisy. I love the color and the natural perfection of the flower.
Took Kona for a blood test on Thursday and then took him for a bath. He is so soft and shiny now. The vet called last night and said that his blood phenobarb levels are at 26.5 which is well within the therapeutic range of 10-40. His levels had gone down to 21 when his seizure started to occur every few weeks. They were around 24-25 when he was stable. We also have a lot “room” for increasing his meds if necessary. It appears that his body was metabolizing it faster than before. I hope to get him stable since we are going on vacation at the end of October and I want him stable to leave him with anyone.
Am not feeling particularly motivated. Even though I was supposed to have two days off this week, I still logged 57 hours on my time card. I now have three days that I’m NOT going to do any work, just the stuff I want to. I’m also not feeling particularly social, so I think I’ll skip today’s party in favor of the one tomorrow with mrrad’s band mates.
laundry
pick up prescription
pick up globe from lighting store
deposit check
send out check
send out requests for mom’s memory book (must get done today)
collect photos for scanning
put away scanned slides
if for some reason I’m really ambitious:
power of attorney for hc for mom
work on will
Again, I’m supposed to be on PTO but spent the morning on a 4 hour conference call. Today is our Slava (serbian saints day)and our niece’s birthday. I think I’m done with work for the next three days.-morning conference call--hair appointment-
call in prescription
book travel for next week
order SB card for N
change return flight on vacation
book hotel 2 for vacation (Mauna Lani)
book hotel 1 for vacation (hilton)
water plants
send out requests for mom’s memory book
if I’m feeling particularly ambitious:
collect photos for scanning
Peek-a-boo cloud at Camp Pendleton.
The view from my hotel room balcony of downtown LA at sunset. You can see the reflection of the sun off of the buildings. What appears to be cloud cover over the city is really the smoke migrating from the fires in LA.
A flower photo. Its been a while since I’ve posted one of those. Interestingly there are not as many flowers during the summer out here as there is during other times of the years. I’m not sure what this is, but it could be a bourginvilla (sp)
So for today, here is what I would like to acommplish
followup on work stuff-grocery store--out to breakfast with mrrad-
take Kona in for blood test
pick up Kona’s med
Kona bath
update 43T pix a day post
organize photos on laptop
nap
if I feel particularly ambitious
send out requests for mom’s memory book
order SB card for N
anything else would really be a bonus
I’m am on PTO from now until next Wednesday. I really need a break from work and a chance to catch up on things around here. So here is my long list for the next six days.
Finish up a few work related things this morning
nap
Take Kona to vet for blood test
Pick up Kona meds
Call in prescription refill
Pick up prescription
Grocery store
Pay bills
Pick up glass globe from lighting store.
nap
send out requests for mom’s memory book
mani/pedi
hair appointment
stop by mom’s
change return flight from vacation
book vacation hotel (Mauna Lani)
book other vacation hotel (Hilton)
submit PTO form
put away scanned photos
collect other photos for scanning
make vitamin packs
order SB card for N
book travel for next week
update 43T pix a day posting
organize photos
develop plan for dealing with mom
golf (at least once)
party at J&M (Saturday)
party at R (Sunday)
power of attorney for mom
finish wills
post a few things on ebay
finish cleaning out closet
take stuff to goodwill
very long list and I will do a daily breakdown list for the next six days
