detroit to davis via kalamazoo and santa cruz

business first: i'm looking forward to LSMP's fundraiser this saturday, if you want to come ($30, $50/couple), or if you want to buy raffle tickets ($2 each, 6 for $10, 14 for $20), let me know asap (see flier below, i'll facilitate any payments).
we played kickball with these kids in the sweltering west oakland heat after work today, i had to shoo away a couple of crackheads with 40s who were using very loud and very inappropriate language behind the backstop. and then jackie and i sat in a sweaty cafeteria and worked on division...that's worth a couple bucks, right?!
ma, kev, leilani, and judy are my heroes!

ok, fun stuff:
went to michigan to visit family, had a nice stay with sparky (and uncle randy, aunt karen, and shelby)
and another nice stay with fergus (and grandma and charles)
met up with uncle steve for dinner
went to santa cruz for a visit with co, neighbors fun mailbox
and a hike with the famous banana slugs
and i went to davis for the 96th picnic day in ucd's centennial year.
i cuddled the greyhounds and was impressed with the frisbee dogs, but i only took pictures of the parade. it was HOT. well low 90s, not really that hot, but way too hot for april. and way too hot for a girl who rarely leaves the 55-70 range.
can't resist a dalmation on a fire truck.
and the whymcycle society showing off their latest and greatest.