Today is Carrie’s birthday. Happy Birthday Carrie!
![Family Night - 06-06-08](https://photos.smugmug.com/Music/Ames-on-the-Half-Shell-2008/i-JdNkr9Q/0/80f75785/XL/031%20Balloons-XL.jpg)
Carrie got to spend a good portion of her birthday with her family and with me in Ledges. I will post some of those pictures in January. It will include a picture of the aftermath of my falling through some thin ice past my knees into Pea’s Creek. That was on the chilly side.
But today is also a day for wishing an old friend good luck as he embarks on a new adventure. Shadi is returning to Jordan to continue his academic career.
![Shadi](https://photos.smugmug.com/People/Peoples/i-dL2zJfL/0/6525f558/XL/DSC09408-XL.jpg)
I had a farewell lunch with Shadi on Thursday. It was a welcome walk down memory lane. Although he is coming back to visit now and again (he is refusing to say “goodbyes”), I’m still going to miss the guy.