When The Moon Hits Your Eye

I have big news.  I recently paid off my home mortgage loan.  It hasn't quite sunk in yet, but it probably will when I get the official letter and the refund from my escrow account.  Now I suppose I should start saving for a new car so I can pay cash for that when I get around to buying a new one.

Also, somehow I injured my lower back while playing racquetball a couple weeks ago.  I'm not sure whether I just turned wrong and wrenched it somehow, or if it's from when I got hit right in the butt with a racquetball going at a high rate of speed.  My back was kind of sort of feeling OK a few days after the racquetball incident, and then I went and aggravated it by doing T25 three days in a row.  So now I've been on "rest and ice and reducing inflammation" for about a week and a half.  It's starting to feel better, so I'm working back into things by doing low impact stuff like yoga.  And getting massages.

Also, a couple weekends ago after I returned from The Pass, I drove over to Unca Bex's house for the weekend.  Saturday wasn't too strenuous - we went for 3 walks, baked some cookies, and played Ticket to Ride while kinda sorta playing Aggravation at the same time.  There were three people for special meeting company for supper and the night.

That evening Father Dan brought out his serious star gazing telescope, and we looked at the moon and saw Jupiter and five of its moons.

Sunday was special meeting.  It was special as usual.  I even got to see Cuz Windy as an added bonus.

Here are a couple pictures from that weekend.

The moon with the "naked eye" using my 30X optical zoom on my camera.

The moon through Father Dan's super powerful telescope.  It was amazing how much detail we could see in the craters and stuff.

Let's just say it takes one to know one.  This is the lunch preparation spreadsheet.  One sheet where you mark your sandwich fixings, and another page for Lunch Accessories / Other.  And it wasn't me who made this.  Just saying.