Sluglife

...but come August 16th, my coworker and I are boarding a plane in San Francisco to spend two weeks at our headquarters in Ecublens, Switzerland. Which is here:

This will be my first trip out of the country, so I'm more than a little nervous. My passport arrived a couple weeks ago to remind me that, yes, this is really going to happen. Weird! As I am going on business, and since the dollar is worth just about the equivalent of crap just about everywhere outside our borders, I'm not scheduling a lot of places to go. On the factory grounds they have a couple apartments, which is where my coworker, David, and I will be staying. They apparently have a car as well, but I have no idea what my schedule will look like so I don't have a clue as to where I may go.
Back on this side of the pond, Anna will be spending two weeks home with Winston (new pictures soon!! I promise!) and the four cats. It'll be weird and sad being apart from her for so long, but what with the Memory Walk quickly coming up there really isn't any way she could come with me.
So that's the news that I forgot to tell!

It's summer, officially!!!
First, a new shirt:

Next, obligatory dog shots:



The other week when it was so damn hot that Winston and Shurik could do nothing but stare at each other. Make no mistake, they get along, but Winston knows his place -- below Shurik. That's why Shurik gets the cool linoleum while Winston gets the carpet:

It also made for some gorgeous weird clouds:




And everyone knows there's nothing better to do when it's hot than travel! We drove down to stay with Anna's parents and belatedly celebrate both her birthday as well as father's day. While we were down there we had the opportunity to introduce Winston to my Mom:

As well as introduce Winston to Mom's dog, Rugby:

Rugy is a bit neurotic and the introduction of a new dog didn't make him as nervous as much as Anna and my presence.
After introductions, though, we left Winston behind and had a fantastic brunch with my Mom and my grandmother:

All in all a great trip!
This week we're alternating between being lazy and Anna jamming, but that's for another post!