Message 291

I am up early so I can take Liz to the train station so she can get to San Francisco for her meeting. I picked her up at the San Jose airport yesterday afternoon as planned, except that I missed her calls to my cell phone. I thought my cell phone was set to ring when it received a call, but it did not ring even though it was turned on, so I will have to read the book and re-set it. Anyway, we connected just fine and stopped by Mountain View for a nice visit with Chelsea, Audrey, and Jack. Jamie got there too just before we left at 4:30 PM. We all had a wonderful dinner at Ten Fu at 6 PM with the Daidsons, Jason and Susan and their girls, Vanessa and her kids. and Joshua. Julian could not get away from work that early, so he missed out. (He is working long hours these days to save the global economy.) There were sixteen of us in the back room at Ten Fu, including three in high chairs. Everybody had a wonderful time, especially Beech and Ellie who sat next to each other and laughed and giggled the whole time while they ate and then chased each other around the room still laughing and giggling. After we ate, Joshua came back to my condo and watched the hockey game with Liz and me. The Sharks took a three goal lead over Minnesota and then blew it to lose 3-4 in overtime.