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I was up at O-Dark-Thirty with my trusty sidekick, Dr. Mary, and we were off to Long Beach for ANOTHER procedure on the old knogen. That will make two this week. My head will be so full of bandages, I will look like a mommy…..er, mummy!
The plan was to go home and get the kids to go to Girls’ Night Out with the gang, but alas, this procedure had to be repeated,d as the lab said the first-cut margins were NOT clear!
Change of plans, we departed Long Beach for the Elks and called Colleen to meet us there. Mary knew several of the folks and met a few new people.

Colleen and Mark joined us a few minutes before noon!
After lunch, we all went home and relaxed before driving to Sonora High School for the ceremony!
Joe saved the family seats on the 25th yard line, PERFECT!

We are getting ready to watch the ceremony!

The gang is all here!

No sunshine allowed on the wounds.
Charlie was a member of the National Honor Society! Looking good kid! The world is your oyster!

We headed home directly afterward, with a stop at In-N-Out for a burger feast! When we got home, the burgers disappeared in a matter of seconds!

We were beat, four hours is a long time to sit in the cool SoCal air!