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Where did I go?

Wow, I just noticed I've neglected my blog for a week! Where did I go? I didn't go anywhere at all. I just got lazy, or maybe nothing really earth shaking happened this week. Of course the fact that nothing much is going on hasn't stopped my from yacking on and on in the past :-)

So, what went on this week? Serenity and I went for a nice long bike ride on Wednesday morning, and then in the evening Lora and Serenity and I rode the 3 miles to downtown Pleasanton for the 1st Wednesday street fair, that was fun. On Thursday I did laundry and went to church... that's about it. On Friday Serenity, Lora and me rode back to Main Street and had a huge breakfast at Dean's Cafe. And now it's Saturday again and I'm sitting here writing and listening to TWIS (This Week in Science). My plans for today involve much sloth and relaxation, maybe some reading with Serenity (Lora does math with her, we both do science.) Oh yeah, tonight we are going to Mt. Diablo for Astronomy.

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