We had a great day today. We drove to Austin coming in on 183 through all the stop signs south of Leander, but got to the Omni hotel at 11:30 after leaving at 8. We got to sit at the table of the president of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association, Dr. Guy Sheppard, for the luncheon where he passed the gavel and made his presentations to the outstanding DVMs in Texas. We joined our daughter, Kathy, who was Guy's wife, Valerie's roommate at A&M. Valerie and Guy spent a lot of time at our house during their tenure at A&M. We have followed their career like our own family. Not only was this a year of service for Guy, his daughter and son both got married this year. They were at the table with us for the ceremony.

Our only blemish on the day was a bad mistake on my part. I decided to take I-35 to Georgetown to miss all the stoplights on 183. Don't ever get on I-35 in Austin. Even on Saturday when everyone in the Austin area gets in their car to go buy something. We got slower and slower and finally stopped. I turned off the engine and we waited for over 10 minutes. It took 2 hours to get to the turnoff at Georgetown and we got home two hour late.

There was an offsetting bonus. Because we were after sundown, we got to see the full moon arise at the end of a total eclipse. When the moon rose only about a quarter of it was visible and we got to see it rise and slowly clear the shadow of the Earth.

Right now Lou has gone to bed. Her back is still a problem but getting a little better every day. I am watching the Mavericks battle Orlando and it is a close game.