Beautiful day today. A bike ride among the mongo houses in Mockingbird Valley/Hill. Trying ot get a nap after The Night of the Fox. Shopping for birthday presents for a five year old. Frantically dealing with a lost order for 8 pizzas at Costco just 30 minutes before the party.

Then a party with just a few friends/family in which the kids eat pizza and cake and get even more worked up than we thought possible. The ritual tearing open of gifts – and no, we didn’t limit gifts to two dolls or five pencils, Donny. Here are a few of the VIPs at the party. A motley crew.

After evening visits with family, our spring Derby trip is coming to a close. It’s amazing how aware I now am of the time and milestones passing. I spent 40 years just working and letting the time slide by, mostly unnoticed and uncelebrated, and now…it’s nice to be in the moment. Bad day or good day, it’s better to actually experience it, rather than just do what you must to get through it and then on to the next.