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Well well. There is now a celebration of geekyness and I didn’t even know until my friend Kate pointed it out.

On May 25th of every year, it is now Geek Pride Day! Woot!

Why the 25th of May? Well, for multiple reasons. A few being.

• The Premier day of the original Star Wars 1977
• Towel day in respect for the death of Douglas Adams. (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) Marking the day 2 weeks after his death.
• The Glorious 25th of May. Terry Pratchet Disc world series.

Now I found out on the 25th of May this year that it was Towel Day. A few coworkers brought towels in and explained, as to a slow child, why they brought towels in to me. (-: (Next year, I’m there with my own towel.)

So, if by some chance, crazy as this might seem, I were to “come out of the closet” as it were, next May 25th might be a good day to show my Geekyness.

Wiki link to Geek Pride  Day

Wiki link to Towel Day

Wiki link to Terry Pratchett

Nora and Molly have been practicing their violin like crazy lately. They’ve been getting ready for their very first concert.

From Family

From Family

They did really good. They had a good time and are looking forward to continuing to learn and enjoy music.

After Molly and Nora played Roberta was feeling pretty rough so she took the instruments, Nora, Meg, and Tyler home. Molly and I stayed for the high school orchestra and Molly’s friend Thuy’s turn with the band.

Well, after the concert was over, a bit after nine, we decided to walk home instead of calling Roberta to pick us up. We had some good father and daughter time. I’m not working nearly as much as I did when they were born, and yet with everything going on I don’t get to spend enough time with them.

Long story short. We’re a block from home when here comes Roberta. “Where the bleep were you guys?!? I kept trying to call you!” Oops. Seems my cell phone was still on vibrate from the concert and I didn’t know she was calling. She got worried and came looking for us. My bad. )-:

Molly and I did make plans to check out the Monterey Symphony. Maybe try to attend some of the Bach Festival this year.

And let’s not forget Megan’s very first concert waaaay back in 2002. She sang in front of her grade school class. A funny folk song about being a little bird and spitting in your eye. The whole place was laughing.

From Family

If you are reading this then you have successfully been pointed to the new home of mytravelingfamily. Congrats.

Updates, new articles, pictures of the kids, etc to be coming shortly.

Roberta’s birthday was this weekend. So we all went out to lunch at the “Forge in the Forest” in Carmel by the sea. Marnie our dear friend flew down to spend a few days sharing our craziness. So her and I went out and found the most perfect birthday cake. Prepare yourself!

From Blogger Pictures

Isn’t that the most perfect 37th Birthday cake ever?!?! Yes, it’s a green turtle cake. And to add to the fun instead of the normal 37 candles, or even the two 3 7 candles we went with the “feliz cumpleanos” Happy Birthday in Spanish. We are living in California after all.

Roberta couldn’t help it, she smiled! It was contagious.

From Blogger Pictures

Then to the horror of all, we set fire to the poor fella!

From Blogger Pictures

Now for the birthday quiz. Let’s see who’s who in the land of Turtle knowledge.
RUAT?

We decided to get out of the house for a bit last weekend and headed down to Big Sur. Big Sur is an area with lots of Redwood trees and tranquility. It’s 26 miles south of Carmel on highway 1 along the coast.  I know the distance because I helped out with the Big Sur Marathon a few weeks ago.

You can go from this type of environment.

On the road to Big Sur

To this

Beach along Highway 1

And finally you reach this in less than 25 miles.

Big Sur Creek

Here everyone is having a relaxing time.

Roberta Chillin Out

The Scowling Teenager

Molly Playing

Nora cooling off

And finally the coffe, soda, ice cream shop made from an old bus.

The Bus Cafe

Nora’s science teacher called today to annoy us about making sure to sign ALL of her homework or she wouldn’t get credit for her assignments. Even if she’s done them. Annoying to say the least.

This same teacher is a fervent believer in Global Warming and “Saving the Environment”. So far I’ve successfully kept my mouth shut and haven’t contradicted any of her teachings, at least not until the girls are at home and we can discuss things.

Well, Miss annoying annoyed me to day. One of the things she called us about on a Saturday was to make sure Nora was working on her “Alternative Energy” project. She’s in the 4th grade. Do you really need to call and check whether she was working on her project on a Saturday? She wasn’t, but that’s besides the matter. Now however, I have decided to help Nora with her project. Ya, I know. This is going to end badly. (-;

We’ve decided that the alternative energy isn’t going to be something as inefficient as wind, or solar. No, we’re going to do the project on something with some real possibility. Nuclear power! Yep, we’re going to do her project on different nuclear reactors and how carbon neutral they are. (-;  How, unlike wind, they don’t kill migrating bird populations. I cannot wait to see this woman’s face when Nora turns in her project.

Hahahahahahaha…. Evil laugh! I love messing with the tree hugger crowd.

Well, it seems that Comcast has turned down the throttle. Oh well. I knew it couldn’t last.

Internet and cable were hooked up this morning at the new house. All I can say is WOW!!!