I am back from the dirty south just in time for the arrival of some new snow and my mom who flew in from Florida.  Yes, the same mom I just visited.  With our work/travel schedules, this was the only week that worked out for her to take her annual ski trip.

I had a great trip to Florida and then spent a week at a trade show where I repeated “Our products are solar powered and designed for year round outdoor use” about five thousand times and any semblance of a tan faded away.  I am disgusted to report that it took me 20 hours to travel home from Atlanta on Wednesday.  I fear I may be getting too old for this shit.

Lily had a health scare while I was gone and had emergency surgery to remove her spleen.  For a while we didn’t think she would come home which was awful…but she did, and is doing better each day.  For me, it was a huge wake up call to the fact that she is getting older and may not be around as long as I want her to be.

Oh, and I got an iPhone and don’t know how I EVER lived without one.  Here are some pictures I snapped on my new device while in Florida.

This sunrise over the ocean woke me up on my last day home.  I walked out on my balcony and snapped this…

I also ate Stone Crab (pictured below) 2 of the 4 nights I was home.  And probably would have eaten it every night had my mom not already made other plans.

Wow, this is more of a download than a post.  Time for me to get back to work and for you to digest my randomness.  Happy New Year!