I woke at 8:30 this morning with he sneaky feeling that I had to do something this morning. I rolled over and squinted at my blackberry.. and EEEEK yes.. I had a dentist appointment in 30 minutes.. and the dentist’s office is 25 minutes away.. believe it or not I made it.. I’m not sure I was dressed or anything.. but at 9:05 I was in the comfy chair being jabbed with pointy dentist things.. believe it or note I love going to the dentist. It feels like your teeth are getting massaged.. the way it must feel for a crocodile to have those little birds come in and clean your teeth. I did ask for a little anesthesia.. to block the easy listening music in the office..   denied…

  P the dental hygienists lady and I talked about our kids… I gave her a samstone.. She let me take a picture of my Xrays..

I went back to IBM and worked until about 12:30.. then drove home to have lunch with Diane.. I hadn’t really seen her all week…we went for a run then had a great lunch outside. It was so nice talking to her. I’ve been getting so down and sad these last couple of weeks.. talking to Diane really helps me.. she’s very calm and wise..

The puppy got up to play with us and left a hug pile of dirt from outside where she was laying.. She’s like a little antidust mop.. I’ve never seen anything that could hold that much dirt !

I got back to work about 1:30 and worked until about 6.. Diane took off with our friend Gary to see a spiritual lecture down in Springfield MA..   Around 5:30 I dropped Gabe and Jack of at the movies.. then came back and started in again on my presentation for the ISCAS conference in a week and a half. That must have been about 7:30 .. next time I looked up.. which was basically now.. it was 2:00 AM ..  
   While I was looking for illustrations for my talk , I came across this flash picture that Max and Sam had taken of a balloon popping.. that’s Sam in the picture.. it’s a weird picture.. but one that brings back great memories..