Loved the trip...

     I seem to be in a writing mood today... Now that you have absorbed the ordeal of the "what the hell bit me?", I just wanted to thank Bob and Toni and the Daddys for a GREAT vacation.  Even though I did practically nothing all week...(again, that was the plan all along), it was great to be able to spend time with them.  A 2500 mile separation has not changed my feelings of friendship for them and I can't think of a more beautiful place to get together and lie on the beach, nap, eat dinner, nap, swim in the ocean, nap, play a round of golf and reconnect (you thought I was going to put another nap in, didn't you?) with my good friends from New York.  Sharing the same vacation week is something I look forward to every year and being with them is a blessing each and every year.  My thanks to the Daddys for making a special trip down to Aruba to hang with the "time-sharers".  It was great to see you guys and I'm glad everything is well with you... (now if I could just get you to visit Arizona, that would be sweet). 

     Things have finally slowed down at work and I have more days off... (poor me!) so the golf game will get some needed attention.  I worked the Joe Bonnamassa show at the Orpheum last night and let me tell you, that guy can play guitar. I haven't seen guitar work like that live since Jorma Kaukonen at the Palladium many moons ago.  What a terrific show.  Two and a half hours with no intermission and some kick-ass blues and rock n roll.  I was back at the sound board and it was sweet.  The Nutcracker starts its Christmas run at Symphony Hall this week and the Cat show (Feline Fanciers) is back again...(more bald cats than I need to see).  We are gearing up for a busy January and February so I will enjoy the time off.  Christmas decorations are on the to do list.  An early Happy Holidays from me to all of you. I hope this special season will mean something more special than the commercial fiasco it has been turned into...