Busy day at work.. getting ready for the end of the year. I  went out for lunch to meet my friend Ryan.  His fiancee Maria passed away  suddenly  on september 11th due to an asthma attack (see here ).  Maria worked at Beta as one of our HR members. I didn’t know her well.. but the interactiosn I had with her were  great. she helped me write my job description as a consulting mad scientist.   she was so fun and  smart. I ran into Ryan last week and could see how much he was hurting. Today we met for lunch at the barnyard just to talk. I got to learn a lot more about Maria.  Ryan and Maria had been together for 8 years. They we’re going to be married about this time next year. She was a dead head and was up for anything.. freindly, smart loving.. and tons of fun. 

it was good gettign to hear Ryan talk about her.. and about how he and Maria’s family are doing. It’s hard to know what to say to someone this close to loss. .. .. We talked about dealing with other peoples reaction when grieving.. and about how physically exhausting it is to grieve.   
I could tell that Ryan was glad to be able to talk about Maria.. and what his life is like now. it was heartbreaking.. and at the same time good talking..  
Please keep Ryan. Maria and their families in your thoguhts

note all, nite sam
_me

After work, I cam hoem , picked up duana and we went to pick up Finn. We like takign him out for dinner.. it’s our excuse to eat freind ch freis !

we’ve known finn since he was a baby.. now he’s bigger than me !
time flies !

nite all nite sam

_me

I got home tonight in tiem for yoga.. Diane gave a great and relaxing class.. then inside for cheese and broccoli soup.. yum

its one of my favorite times of the week !

nite all, nite sam
_me

WOke up early and cleaned my shop before work. I have. awork project thats taken me a lonnnnng time to finsh in my shop.. and things were gwetetign preety out of control in there.. jsut had to clean it !

after work, I met Diane and the other Fluffyites at the old Fitness Edge buildign in willisont. Our goal was to get one sirde of the clouds up in prep for the gig on New years eve.. 

the bus was still packed from the time on the playa.. so everythign (!) was covered with playa dust. .. Just touchign that stuff brings back the heat and smell of the playa.. kinda gross and kinda nostalgic.. 

We were able to get all the clouds on the driver side up wirth no big problems.. .. 
IAs I said on Sat.. we’re only able to put clouds on one side if we’re goign to get out o the door here.. no problem.. folks will only see one side of us at the highlight festival 

I’m excited abotu this next show !
nite all, nite sam

-me