Max and I got on the road this morning around 9 ..We were trying to beat the snowstorm that was supposed to hit NYC.   In the end, we didn’t see a single snowflake..   It was an easy drive. . Max slept.. I drove .. 
   We got to Diane’s folks around 1:30 .  .. a perfect time for a long nap..  a great component of a quiet day. We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out with Marcia, Gabe, our sister in law Pat and our nephew Victor  who turns 18 tomorrow.
   Around  6 Max, Gabe, Diane and I went over to our good friend David, Linda and Andre’s  .  Linda had made  a feast.. minestrone, corn chowder, and aloo-gobi-esque cauliflower.   Through the course of the night I did my normal survey of my friends fridge..  I particulalry like Linda and Dave’s fridge.. It ranges from the bizarre to

To the bizzare and touching.. OK .. I put the funny mangets on theis picture..   I always look at it when we come here.. It was one of the last pictures of the five of us. We were in the Cayman islands.. I don’t know what compelled me to decorate it like this.. but I enjoyed doing it..

Is this OK to do ?   If I’m not careful.. Everything can become so …..  serious.. 

We love you. Sam !

Max contributed this characture of us. from tonight..

While gabe stacked all the candy .. Um…. gabe ?

We swapped presents.. and we’d gotten each other hats !!!  Here’s Andrala (as our kids call her)  in hers

and max and gabe in theirs..

I got a book on one of my favorite snacks !!!!

Meanwhile, Lind’a dog Liza kept a watchful eye on us..

we went home to Marcia and Gabe’s around 10..   pleasantly stuffed with Linda food..

And then……

Gabe said..
“let’s go out for Sushi !”
I said “why not ? “

So Gabe and I headed out to Vestal to get some.. luckily they were open until 10:30 !
It was so much fun being out with Gabe.. We had a great snack.. and used it to review the four rules

1. Do what you want (hence sushi at 10:30 after a big, good dinner)
2. Like what you do
3. Remember the shortest path is not always the best
4. Marry a girl you can be gross in front of (ok.. we word it differntly… but that’s the jist)

It was just ….

Believe it or not, Bestbuy was still open.. We ran in to see if we could find soem memory for Gabe’s computer..   No luck there.. But I ran into some fnas of the colony !.. Here’s Kelly and Brandon..    And Geek squad lady !..    It’s both wierd and fun when soemone recognizes  us.

Speaking of fans.. The Colony just won an informal award on eSprocket. They called us the ‘Best sow that noone watched”  Actually..  the numbers were excellent for a first run series.. but we’ll take the award, thanks !

OK.. batteries are going.. better quit here.. More tomorrow

Nite folks, Nite sam !
-me