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Some of you thought I was going to Las Vegas yesterday. I titled the post “Short Trip” because I was taking a literal short trip. To another part of town. I took that shot right as I was leaving the freeway. The above image was shot on the freeway as well, holding my phone up at a window with one hand and snapping random shots.

The iPhone 4S lets you take photos with one of the volume buttons, so this is less scary than it sounds. I don’t check what I’ve shot until I’m done driving. In a way, it’s like shooting film where you don’t know what you’ve captured until later.

Daily Affirmation: When taking sleeping medication, drink plenty of water and don’t be too hard on yourself when you sleep for nine hours and you are still in your underpants at noon.

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Please do not discuss Heather or her site in the comments, thanks. I’ll delete them regardless of how long you’ve been a reader or how concerned you might be. Don’t take it personally, it’s just something that Heather deserves and I want to give her. I’m making every effort to be civil and courteous. I would ask you to do the same when visiting here.

  • http://twitter.com/curlsz Malita Jones

    oh well in that case — when and IF you take a trip then the comment applies

  • Ms. Pants

    Do you still sell your photographs online?  I bought a few a while back and wouldn’t mind getting a few more.  :-)

  • http://twitter.com/FriedTaters Frank Ingram

    no vegas?  i am disappoint

  • http://profiles.google.com/teacasey Alison Coffey

    Vegas is nasty, anyway. Go to Napa and drink some nice wine. Or how about Seattle? That sounds nice. (I guess I’m really talking to myself here).

    • http://twitter.com/Bluestalking Lisa Guidarini

      Tahiti! Go to Tahiti!

  • http://twitter.com/2dogphish Jennifer

    I was feeling sheepish about jammies at noon until I read the affirmation.  Peace man.  

  • http://twitter.com/Andreerah Angeerah

    Well, my comment might not apply totally from yesterday but you can still get your feedbag on at the Golden Corral or whatever that weird buffet place was in SLC if it still exists.

  • http://twitter.com/CarenJew Caren Jew

    Dude, I know I’ve bugged you about this before but whaddup with the selling of the pictures???  Have a great weekend.

  • http://twitter.com/FriedTaters Frank Ingram

    this is the internet.  who in their right mind would take this stuff personally?

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/QI2BT37CCX3STR7DAN6WQSHO6M Renee

    You totally need to set up an etsy shop.

  • BErinC

     You strike me as the type of person who would not want to be the poster
    boy of anything, but you should know that there is a wave of sentiment
    out ‘here’ that you are behaving with grace, dignity, and an abiding
    love for your daughters.  May you and your family be blessed a thousand
    times over for being able to muddle your way through in the public eye. 
    These things are painful enough in private.  Much respect.

    • http://twitter.com/hawkinsed Ed Hawkins

      Jon, you’ve been thrown out of your house and basically fired from your job.  Be “civil and courteous” but lawyer up anyway.  First one to do so has an advantage.

  • http://twitter.com/Bluestalking Lisa Guidarini

    The iPhone 3 takes CRAP photos. I so need to update. And the video? Ye gods. Is the 4S better for video? It could hardly be worse.

    • http://blurbomat.com/ blurb

      4S is great for stills and very very good for video.

  • kate rau

    Hooray for being in your underpants at noon!   Sometimes that exactly what the doctor ordered.  Loving your daily affirmations! 

  • Tracy Sandberg

    I have been known to hold impromptu full-on pajama days, just me and/or including the kids from time to time, no medication required.  It is my whole-hearted belief that one should do so (and do so often) with PRIDE. Good for you!

  • Devin Howells

    I think anything past 33rd south should be designated Las Vegas.

  • Mindy Williams

    You can take pictures with the iPhone 4 using the volume button? Right there — I just found my reason to upgrade.

    Also — you said underpants. And I snickered.

    • anne cunningham

      mindy snickering over you saying underpants was very barenaked ladies-ish and now i’m snickering.  this blog really is getting contagious!

      • m00ps

        “Just made you say underwear…” Too cute, I’m dusting off Maroon and putting it on now.

        And Jon, I’m 2 1/2 months into a trial separation that I don’t understand most of the time. The decision for my husband to move out was not of my doing, but I understand and take ownership for my part in the state of the relationship when he moved out. I have stayed in the family home with our 2 young children, so we have a semi-flipped situation. Only you will know your bearings but it does help to hear people say encouraging words. I am really enjoying reading your blog. Thank you for your sharing and for your photography. I was happy to read about your excitement of things/changes to come — that’s just as good as hearing an infectious laugh at a cafe!

    • Mindy Williams

      Is it tacky that I’m replying to myself? Whatever.

      ALSO — I LIVE IN LAS VEGAS! I know, right? So — if you do come, not only do man and I have a spare room? We know where the best hole-in-the-wall Irish bars are. We’ve also both been where you’ve been. An Irish Car Bomb and an angry Irish Punk band is just what the doctor ordered. Trust us on this one.

      Also, Anne — I freaking love BNL. I shall now spend the rest of the afternoon singing “Alcohol”. That is all.

      • Michael Mathews

        I love the BNL, too. Yeah, I snickered.

  • http://twitter.com/mom_in_amarillo mom_in_amarillo

    sleep meds will do that to you…hope you don’t wake up shopping at the mini mart in your underpants…true story…I’m a psych nurse…I know these little *tidbits*  LOL  I too am enjoying your daily affirmations, and am applauding your civility.  It’s often grossly underestimated. 

  • Cassandra Marie

    Oh my. I want an iphone 4s very bad. Please have a contest where there is one as the prize. Then please rig it so I win. ;)

    As always, your pictures are lovely.

  • Jessica Andersen

    Yes. Just yes.

  • kwill1229

    It’s all well and good for the commenters to praise your iPhone 4S photos.  It’s all well and good to stay in your underpants until noon.  My question is:  where is the iPhone 4S photos of you in your underpants?

  • http://justlikeaslattery.wordpress.com/ Susan

    Underpants. 

    The only word funnier than “underpants” is “drawers.”

    • beaunejewels

       I dunno Susan. My husband cringes every time I hand him a fresh, folded, stack of  his “panties“to put away. I feel so bad about that, I really do.

      • http://www.jenn.nu Jenn

        Manties!

      • http://twitter.com/CupcakeKarate Lindsay

        My husband calls his underwear panties. I always assumed it was a British thing, but now that I think about it, he’s the only British person I’ve ever been on undies terms with, so… 

      • http://justlikeaslattery.wordpress.com/ Susan

        Are they tighty whities or boxers? 

      • http://justlikeaslattery.wordpress.com/ Susan

        “Panties” is on my list of words that make me cringe, along with moist, veggies, damp, and the other F-word.

    • Jess Miller

      The word underoos is pretty funny, too. 

  • Elisabeth Chambers

    I still have my Droid X and am going to try to hold out for the iPhone 5. I’m really ready for a new phone, though, and generally I have no issues with android phones. I just hope the iPhone 5 is going to be bigger.

    • http://justlikeaslattery.wordpress.com/ Susan

      Maybe you could somehow alter the iPad so you could somehow use it as a phone? It’s already got FaceTime and all. 

      Sorry. Someone has had too much coffee, and it’s me. 

  • Kristen Romano

    I would love to see the photos you would take if you travelled to the Dakotas!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UYSNJAIXAANZHJ3OV26D4JAIKQ n stifter

    Class act, in tightie whities or boxers.  Bravo. 

  • http://twitter.com/hawkinsed Ed Hawkins

    Jon, you’ve been thrown out of your house and basically fired from your job.  Be as “civil and courteous” as you like but lawyer up anyway.  First one to do so has an advantage.  You are not in a separation.  You are in a trial divorce.  Statistically, few separated couples reconcile.  So prepare for a fight unless you want to be left in servile, spit-licking beggary.

  • tina hennigar

    No Jon, You’re doing the right thing.  I married my husband because of how he handled his divorce. Your girls will thank you.

    • http://twitter.com/hawkinsed Ed Hawkins

      Absolutely, Jon.  Be the better man, take the high road.  And one day you will wake up to discover that the best divorce lawyers money can buy have been secured against you.  That’s a winning strategy.  If you want to get hosed in settlement, custody, and child support.  That’s how most men do it unfortunately.

    • AshleyLC

      They will. My parents divorced two years ago and I’m not sad about the fact itself, but very sad about how they handled it. I know people make mistakes and nobody knows how “it’s supposed to be done”, but Tina is right: your daughters will be so thankful for you being civil. I know I would.

      • http://twitter.com/hawkinsed Ed Hawkins

        The dictionary defines civility as “
        Formal politeness and courtesy in behavior or speech.” If your definition of civility means the husband should not secure legal representation and let himself be railroaded by slick lawyers, then that’s a novel definition of civility.  You can still be polite and courteous in speech while protecting your rights with a lawyer.

        • AshleyLC

          I didn’t say that. I said that his daughters would be thankful for him being civil, not that he shouldn’t get a lawyer. 

          I’m just speaking from my own perspective. I’m not divorced myself, I just know how it is when your parents split up after 20 years of marriage and now can’t even stand to look at each other because of everything that’s been said and done (after the divorce). In no way am I saying that John shouldn’t look after himself by getting a lawyer. He probably should. But that’s for him to decide.

          Edit
          My point is: even when you get a lawyer, you can still be civil. It doesn’t have to turn into a nasty divorce case.