Message 520

This message is setting a record for lateness. It is now about 9 PM PDT. Susan and her mother have flown back east for a family funeral. Jason brought all four girls up last night for a dinner at Ten Fu. Walt Umbach was also able to join us. Caroline and Ellie were out of school today so they spent the night with me. We had breakfast at El Cerrito this morning. After that we went to San Mateo to attend the Halloween Party at Beech class. In the afternoon Vanessa joined us to go back to the school to watch the Halloween parade. It was like watching the Normandy invasion. There must be a thousand students at Beech's school. Beech's class was the first to march out and around the field before taking their place in the middle. Beech's costume was Maximus Prime. He refused to tell the nurses at Packard yester what his costume was going to be. I confess I had never heard on Maximus Prime, and I was impressed that Jason knew who it was when it came up in the dinner conversation. Each of the other classes followed in their footsteps. When it was over, Beech joined Caroline and Ellie and me to spend the rest of the afternoon in Los Gatos. Shortly after we arrived I went to pick up the twins at their school. When Jason got home from work we all went to Live Oak Kitchen for dinner. I had liver and bacon and onions as usual when I go there. I am home now after taking Beech home. I caught the last few minutes of Washington week, and now I am watching the Sharks play Colorado while I write this. Ryan Clowe just scored his first goal of the year just a few seconds before the end of the second period. The Sharks are thus ahead 1-0 during the second intermission.