The Nelson Narrative

Years ago, I used Ebay to help build my model horse collection.  I was always a buyer, never sold anything.  If you've never used Ebay, there is a system of leaving feedback to rate the buyers/sellers you work with.  So as a buyer, you bid, and if you win, you promptly pay for the item at which time the seller promptly ships the item.  Then, if you are happy with the service and the item you leave positive feedback.  And, in most cases, the seller will have already left positive feedback for you because you're awesome and were quick to pay and were polite and friendly with any written communication.  Most of the time (at least back in the day, i.e. 15-20 years ago), the seller would let you know that a) your item is on the way, and b) positive feedback has been left for you.  More often than not they would actually request that you also leave positive feedback for them which I always found tacky and annoying but I did anyway, and would have regardless if they requested it or no

The girls are on Spring Break this week.  Normally, we would need a sitter for at least 3 of the days but now that I am able to work from home up to two days per week (I rarely do because I'm so close) I am taking advantage of that opportunity and working from home Tuesday and Friday (my designated days) and took today (Monday) off.  Paul is taking Thursday off and Wednesday is the only day we need a sitter.  Love it. So today we went to Seattle and had a great time.  We started out at the Seattle Public Library which is known for it's amazing architecture, then we went to the Sky View Observation deck on the 73rd floor of the Columbia Tower, another thing I have never done in all my years in this area.  The views were amazing. Great Wheel lower left and Space Needle upper right On the Harbor Steps Century Link Field (Seahawks) in foreground and Safeco Field (Mariners) behind Looking down into the library from the Sky View Observatory Riding the