A lovely July 4th

Today was truly wonderful!

First I visited purplerabbit, uncledark, and airshipjones. We read through the Declaration of Independence together and explained its meaning to their son fairieboy. inflectionpoint and tenacious_snail were also by, and much mead-racking and kitten-adoration occurred.

Then I headed across the bay to spend a delightful afternoon and evening with brian1789, patgreene, and their sons J, D, and K.

D taught me how to play a Harry Potter card game, of which we each won a round. A hearty BBQ was cooked - some of the highlights included grilled pineapple and corn on the cob, and for dessert there were patgreene's famous brownies, topped with sugared strawberries, super-chunk-fudge ice cream, and cool whip. It was a lovely lighthearted meal, with lots of laughter around the table.

tenacious_snail came by towards the end of dinner. We all drove out to the trails behind Moffett Field, and hiked out 20 minutes or so to find a favorable viewing spot for fireworks. It was a perfect night - we had an excellent view, the temperature was comfortable, and there weren't any crowds.





( More pretty fireworks pics, and one more of my housemate's parfaits... )

Good news...

Just got word that I was approved to start taking Blue Shield insurance in my practice - or will be, a month from now, when they send along my contract :-) This represents the first major insurance panel that I've been accepted to become a provider on.