time is scarce these days. ever since i returned from ireland, it's been one long race to get things accomplished. j & i were both gone from thurs to sun. i was on tour with the orchestra in baker city, which used to be quite the metropolis back in the day in eastern oregon. scenery was amazing. unfortunately, j had the digital camera on his trip, so i have no pictures to show. anyway, the weather was amazing, sights beautiful, which actually helped inspire me to do a little jogging on the trip. very unusual for me - i'm not usually that motivated. perhaps sitting in a car for 4.5 hours had something to do with it. j was on a climbing trip to city of rocks in idaho with 3 of his friends. he came back a day early, and all in one piece. yay! no major injuries. so many wedding things & work things to accomplish. ah well. such is life. i'm really lucky to have a job, a spouse (to be), & so many other things. i really can't complain. not at all.