CLOSING IN ON CATCHING UP

Replica of the sign made famous in Lonesome Dove in a gas station somewhere in Louisiana:

The gal came back and then the next day, they were both gone and we haven't seen them since:

I've learned the pleasure of persimmons:

We've been having meals with KMHD + Everett more frequently. Graffiti's is a favorite:

SOLO has been wanting to be near me more, which is flattering even if I can't get any werk done:

We went to Burge's recently and it so worth mentioning. Never change, Burge's!

Sometimes, KMHD + I just need to get out of the house. A little grocery store loitering on a Saturday night:

Passenger:

This is only remarkable because it looks like a regular Xmas tree photo, but I was approaching breakdown from having too much to do and too little time to do it.  This is a "and yet you managed to get the tree up amidst it all" snapshot.  Appearances = deceiving:

I won this cool fan in a contest:

The very beginning of a very bad visit with dad:

Dad does have an impressive bonsai garden, somehow:

Blasts from my hometown past:

The last Kilgore/13th Division Xmas party:

Me + my office mates didn't have a big budget to throw Judge Kilgore a bangin' retirement party, but we pulled it off and it was brilliant. Judge's sons came from LA and DC as a surprise and, well, we made the old man cry.  Nailed it! These are pride pics here:

I got sick the day before we were to fly out to Seattle. I didn't want to be the jerk who was sick and then got on an airplane, so I actually went to see the doctor THEE day we were to fly out.  They tested me for flu, which is an awfully intrusive procedure. Thankfully, I tested negative.  They gave me a most painful shot in the rear, a z-pack, and the go-ahead for travel.

Judge Kilgore oathing in my new boss, Hon. Mike Reif. Work has been weird lately and I don't expect that to let up any time soon:

There is a casual limo driver in our neighborhood: