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I hit 11,000 miles on the Fit’s odometer today. 1,000 of that is from the past four days.

On Monday Rick and I drove to Los Angeles to spend Christmas Eve with some friends at Cathy’s house. Cathy threw a great party with a plethora of delicious food. The next morning was a little rough, due mainly to a giant bottle of Jack Daniels that someone decided we should all finish off. Rick and I had a great Christmas dinner with Dad in Pasadena on Tuesday and then I spent a little time with Mom in the hospital. She’s doing okay. We’re still waiting for various test results.

We drove back to Paso Robles on Tuesday night and then on to Sacramento in the morning. My Grandma Helen (Gene’s mom) passed away last week in Los Angeles. Her funeral was in Sacramento on Wednesday. She was such a wonderful woman and I wish I had the opportunity to spend more time with her when I was younger. After the funeral the whole family had dinner together at my Aunt Carole’s clubhouse and it was great to see them all again after so many years.

We stayed overnight in Sacramento and then drove back home today. I am so grateful to be out of the car and back in my own place tonight.

*Edit: Just spoke to Mom’s RN and she said that they’re tapering her off the Dopamine. If her blood pressure stays up they will transfer her out of the ICU tomorrow!

More pictures of Tina and Joey’s visit on Flickr

A couple of friends from my old job came to visit a few weekends back. Tina and Joey showed up with bags from Trader Joe’s in tow. Best house guests ever! Although Pixel started out being very unfriendly he soon warmed up and was soon following the guests wherever they went, hoping for more peanut butter treats.

Rick and I took Tina and Joey for some light hiking in Montaña de Oro state park Saturday morning. In the afternoon we visited Tobin James, Eberle and Frank Ross out on the 46E for some wine tasting. Sunday morning we went for breakfast at the golf course clubhouse and then they were back to LA. We all had a fabulous time!

(You can check out pictures from that weekend by clicking the photo above.)

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Looking at these people in my neighborhood is very spooky. For fun, here’s a comparison of my ‘hood vs. the small town of Paso Robles, CA:

90027 (My ‘hood)

vs. 93446 (Paso Robles, CA)