The Shack

We launched our first Atlas V of the year on Thursday - with 5 separate payloads! See the writeup on spaceflightnow. It was the first time I can remember having multiple satellites - there were five of them, plus a sixth "mass simulator" (a big do-nothing brick that weighs the same as a satellite) which could've been a satellite, but no one signed up for that slot. The satellites were released one at a time, over a 40 minute period, so we had to wait extra long this time, until we knew for sure that we'd had a successful flight.

Ken and I walked on Friday, rode bikes on Saturday, and walked again on Monday. It felt really good to get out, and the weather was cooperative, too. We were disappointed yesterday to find that Tony's Deli at Mineral and Broadway had closed, but we enjoyed our lunches at the nearby sports bar "The Shack" instead - great burgers! Sad news - we learned Sunday that a dead fox was found in our neighbor's front yard. The police had come and bagged it, in preparation for animal control to remove it during the week. We looked in the bag, and it was our dear friend the fox who had visited our deck. We think she was probably hit by a car. So sad. We'll have a difficult time breaking our habit of occasionally checking our deck for another delightful visit from this friend.