The Home Stretch

On the home stretch of hitting all of the marks (gymnastics/vault analogy--am not sticking any landings, a little wobbly here, a small step there, but no major catastrophes). One out of two training sessions on the new version of our ILS is out of the way. Key is to remain poised, inject humor whenever possible, and keep the pace going to fit in the one hour slot despite the numerous and very relevant questions of folks in the audience (my peers and two above me on the food chain). So no faking my way out of questions, best to say "I don't know. I'll have to check that out."

The adult festivities on Friday were very worth it, and exactly what the spirit if not the body needed--good food, good friends and worth all the fuzz on Saturday.

The end of the year brings a reflective/projective frame of mind--assessing the past and planning tweaks for the future. This happening in many life-areas.

Edit: adding a decent external site: UCLA's Medicinal Spices online exhibit. Great photographs, nicely done.