Time Flies...

Gee, what a way to kill any readership that remains. Not posting in a month? I can hardly believe that's true, but I'm sure that Google wouldn't choose to lie to me as a way to test out a new system of some sort. Let's see...that really does turn me into a reporter.

Vickie PASSED her national nursing exam. So she gets to list her name as Victoria Noelle Chambers, RN. (She may have some way to add the BS in there, but that's not a terminal degree or a professional designation, so it may have to wait.)

We have our tickets to Chile. I'll be gone a month, beginning the middle of October. Judy will follow about ten days later, so that I can get the lay of the land and visit Los Andes, probably just with Nate. He's still working on his timing.

We have tickets to the Australian Open. Now, we need some success to arise from the Avastin treatments and demonstrate that I'm only a little disabled...but disabled. Not sure why any disability companies would consider that I should return to work, but the option still presents itself and could really goof up the travel schedule. We could also find that the trip to Chile is a little too draining to fly all the way to Australia, too...but Lizzy & Billy will be sitting a few rows up with Roger F opens his defense.

The Fubarian Brotherhood, at least with four members, met up in Lompoc for the annual HS fundraiser, and laughed far more than any of the other groups. We got to see Captain Billy Radford, the first in awhile, and meet his bride-to-be. We did not find time, however, to attend to the functions at one of America's ten worst dive bars, that being Jasper's in Lompoc. Probably the first tournament trip that it has missed the schedule.

Driving down also means we got to do some California wine-tasting, in addition to playing golf. Here's a sample of how wine-tasting goes:

Mark: "How many wineries do we think we can hit this afternoon after we check out the In-n-Out in Atascadero for lunch? After Vina Robles?"

Carrie Ellen: "Well, I'm a member at three others, and I want to check out this other one that is offering the prize I bid on at the last charity dinner." "Let's see if we can get to most of those, and then decide from there..."

Jillian: "I don't get to Paso Robles as much as you, let's get to all of them..."

Dana: "This is my first trip with you guys, I'm just along for the ride."

Actual count: TWO. Vina Robles, where of course the girls fell in love with Martin from Switzerland. Great guy, terrific asset for the winery. He was kind enough to pour us four (generous) sips that weren't on the menu because he wanted feedback from members. Denner Vineyards, where Carrie Ellen is a member. The nice ladies serving us kept asking "is there any wine you'd like to re-visit?" As if we were sitting somewhere in Greece and needed to take the yacht back to a different village. We chose to simply enjoy the glorious sunshine of Paso Robles.

"If we don't head home now we'll have to rent rooms and Jillian might miss her plane in the morning...."

It was a delightful trip. Good friends and lots of family interaction. Laughs, too many to count. Great weather, wonderful Guerra hospitality for both family and all the friends who just showed up on their doorstep.

Oh....and amongst the news briefs, this one last post. No details will be supplied, but it became the talk of Labor Day weekend in Lompoc.

"Chambers siblings asked to depart local Elks Lodge." "Investigation launched...."