When somebody has a birthday at work they get a balloon. This one is Alan’s, but the thing is that this has been floating in place since May! Is this balloon possessed or just really well-manufactured?
Home Alone Day 2 – Office Hangar
My company’s office is located in the Scottsdale Airpark. “Airpark” is actually a whole area now, but our building is right next to the runway and has its own hangar. I don’t think that means that we could park our own aircraft here while at work, but looking through this window at the planes in the hangar before entering Interactive Sites sure has been mildly entertaining through years. Every once in a while a person with a floor-Zamboni has to polish the grounds in ever-growing circles… lucky for him, he doesn’t have to use a mop.
Home Alone Day 1 – Going to Class
Here I go again… I’m going to try to fill John’s shoes for a week. This is going to be tough since I’m at work all day and John already took all the sunset and cloud photos anyone could handle within a month. I’m starting my guest appearance with yet another visit to my other home away from home – Paradise Valley Community College. My Fall semester started last week, I’m taking C# this time. Here I am entering E Building, the Learning Resource Complex, where students can find the Library, Tutoring help, and the Computer Commons Open Computer Lab.
1 Day at Home
It’s Monday and this is my one day home, my one day with Caroline. Tomorrow I drive back to Santa Barbara to continue helping my aunt and uncle get through the aftermath of back surgery and the complications that have followed. This was a busy day of canceling a one-week vacation to Yellowstone that had been planned to begin this coming Thursday, scheduling another rental car, catching up with my website, and trying to find some quality (albeit short) time, to spend with Caroline. I’m not even gone yet and I already miss her. Over the next few days, Caroline will be taking over the responsibilities of posting a Photo of the Day and the accompanying witty blurb. *Hug*
Photo Wreckin Sister
This is my long-lost sister Shari and her son, my nephew, Shaun. While I was aiming for a dramatic photo of Shaun and me, my sister snuck her way in wearing this ridiculous pig nose mask. But she’s still cute, in her sisterly kind of way. Shari lives with her husband Neal in the Orange County area while Shaun aims for a career in the culinary arts.
A Walk Alone
Needing a break from the hospital and the frustration the pain my uncle was suffering from, I dropped my aunt at home and headed for the beach. South of the Santa Barbara airport is the Goleta Pier, which in turn is north of the outlet for the Goleta Slough. The Goleta Beach Park offers picnic tables and BBQs next to the sandy stretch of beach; the fishing is reported to be great. The Beachside Bar Cafe has good reviews, and a walk at sunset isn’t ruined by heavy throngs of visitors. Following this decompressing walk, I went into Old Town Goleta for some old-fashioned Mexican food.