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Science Fair

 Conner and his friend Ari entered their project; The Forgotten Death Ray. It involves multiple magnifying glasses and mirrors to focus the beams, and a team of 4 to execute.  Fourth grade, about 30 entries, and the results are in: First Place!Congratulations Conner and Ari! 
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A major milestone

 We have logged 100,000 miles in the bus.  It would be time for our first tune-up, except we replaced the engine at 70,000 miles, so we still have 70,000 miles to go on that one.  Time for the first transmission flush and fill.  We took it in for a front-end alignment.  All the suspension is still good except the front wheel bearings.  Those are a little worn, so they’re getting replaced.  The original shocks are still good.  We’ll do some maintenance we haven’t had to do before, but for all the work the bus has done, it has earned a little freshening-up.   
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Colonoscopy

 We’re halfway through the process.  Judy is home recovering and is hardly even goofy anymore.  Tomorrow is the lost day for me; my turn to be goofy. I’m well into the solid food fast.  Today for lunch I had chicken broth.  Yum.  Tonight I’m having something more hearty; beef broth.  Then it’s time for the evening cocktail.  It’s called MOVIPREP.  Oh boy!  There’s a movie too?  Did you know the primary ingredient in the stuff they give you to drink the night before is polyethylene glycol?  I thought polyethylene glycol is what you secretly fed to people you didn’t like…  
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It’s that time again

 It has been ten years since the last one.  Today, no solid food.  Drink four liters of launch fuel in the evening.  You guessed it.  It’s time for another Space Shuttle Lift-off!  (Unless this is some horrible trick and we’re really scheduled for colonoscopies.) We don’t even have to go to Florida; we just drive in to Renaissance Hospital in McAllen.  Judy on Tuesday.  Me on Wednesday.  We’ll be each other’s goofy anesthetic-stoned entertainment after each procedure.