At the moment I’m writing from warm and sunny Florida, where I have made one penultimate trip down to accomplish a varied spectrum of things, one of which was to witness and photograph the last shuttle launch I may have the chance to see for awhile.Alas, it was not to be, as some troublesome fuel sensors have condemned Atlantis to a January launch. It’s a shame, as NASA and her subcontractors have been doing an impressive job cranking out shuttle missions over the past half year – just about getting back up to a schedule that the program was intended for all along (no doubt largely thanks to my many smart and dedicated friends toiling away at both Kennedy and Johnson Space Centers).

Thankfully though, there was more to this trip than that, namely cleaning and packing away all my stuff from Travis’ house and doing some ADR work that Ryan and Tara were flying in to do. The latter still needs to wait until they arrive tomorrow, but I’ve made good progress on the former, preparing everything so that I need not do more than rent a moving trailer and load the boxes once I come back through with my car on my cross-country move.

All of this reaffirms for me the belief that you should only do something if you have multiple reasons to do so.

And even though I may not have launch pictures to show for it, Travis did borrow my camera to take to work and got some pretty spectacular shots of Atlantis on the pad, one of which you can see on the right. For more, check out Travis’ Myspace photos.