Another Trophy

This softball season has been the longest one we've ever had. It started just after Labor Day.

Usually they wrap up the season either right before Christmas break or just after New Year's. This season, because of all the rain we've gotten, there have been several postponements. Aimee's Thursday night team finally finished their season last week by winning the championship! I played on this team too but only made it to one game because Thursday night was a difficult one for me schedule-wise. (That might have been the one game that the team lost this season. Coincidence I'm sure.)

There is still a need to finish the Monday night season. That team is in the middle of the standings and probably won't be netting Aimee another trophy and t-shirt this time.

Above is the diamond where Aimee plays her Sunday morning game. This field has been out of commission for many weeks this winter. It doesn't take much rain for it to become unplayable, poor drainage I guess.

The weather has also made driving through Topanga Canyon tricky. This is Aimee's usual route to work but the road has been closed periodically due to rock and mud slides. We're thrilled the drought is finally easing but wouldn't mind if so much rain didn't come all at once.

We're Back

It seems it's been awhile since we last posted. Sorry about the delay, Aimee and I have been particularly busy the last year or so and it's tough to find a little bit of time here and there to get things done.

There hasn't been a whole lot to report since we haven't had much time to do a lot of interesting things to tell you about. Aimee started her new job August 1st after taking the entire month of July off. She used the time to make a visit to Minnesota and work on some projects at home.

One of her projects at work is at a Cal State campus in Monterey. She makes a trip up to Monterey about once a month for a day or two. Aimee was also instrumental in helping her firm win a bid for a project with Santa Monica Unified. It didn't hurt that those were the people she was working with before joining her new firm. That job starts next month and won't require any airplane trips!

I've been immersed in work also and been quite busy the last couple of years. We are looking to take some time off later this year and get a little break.

The house hasn't been the same without our little friend Rosebud around. We miss her every day and so do the people I see when I walk around the neighborhood. I still have to share the news with some people I haven't seen in awhile and it's not the highlight of my day going through the details again. She was well-liked and I appreciate that so many people care but that doesn't make it easy.

One thing we know is that Rosebud would not have been a fan of the winter we are having. The drought is finally easing and we have had more rain this season than in the last five years combined. It seemed like it was never going to rain again and now it seems like we can't get a break. That's OK, we enjoy the change and seeing all the green hills and the snow in the local mountains.