Message 838

I just got back from having breakfast at Heidi's Pies. Reggie is in Cabo San Lucas this week, but Henry is in town and brought his neighbor with him. Vanessa also made it this week, so with Mimi we had five at the table. Last night Mimi and I watched the last two episodes of the PBS documentary on the war in Vietnam. It was interesting to see all the stuff that I was not fully aware of at the time.

Message 837

I finished The Economist and started Science yesterday. I also mailed a check for half the rent on Coastal Delight to the Sandbridge Realty for the week of 9-16 July 2011. As you all probably know, it sleeps 22. Yesterday I also watched Beech and Annie for about three hours while Vanessa had an appointment with her dermatologist. The doctor was running late, so I had the kids longer than expected. I tried to take them to a place called Safari Run which Vanessa had planned, but they would have none of it, so I took them home where they had a wonderful time riding their bikes and playing with their neighboring girls. In the evening Mimi and I watched two more episodes of the PBS documentary on the war in Vietnam. We have two more to go on disk 3, and then it will be finished. It is quite good. This morning I took the last of the antibiotic pills for my bladder infection. It seems to be cleared up now.

Message 836

I got quite a bit more read in The Economist, but did not quite finish it. At 5:30 PM I watched the game between the 49ers and the Saints. Joshua came over at half time and brought food from Boston Market. The 49ers did not totally disgrace themselves this time, but they allowed the Saints to win even thought they outplayed them. They lost by letting the Saints kick a field goal on the last play of the game. Afterward the news was over, I was tired so I went to bed early and had a good night's sleep.

Message 835

Yesterday I read about half of The Economist, and watched as much football as I could. The Raiders were blacked out, and the 49ers do not play until tonight, so I mostly watched the Bears beat the Cowboys. Jason called and helped me get the file with my memoirs transferred to my new computer. It will be easier to work on now. I bought Microsoft Office so I could escape the slowness of the old computer. Mimi and I had dinner at The Sizzler in Redwood City. It must be fifteen years or more since I ate there. In the evening we watched 60 Minutes and then the second part of the history of dogs on PBS. I then watched the new Inspector Lewis episode on Masterpiece Mystery.

Message 834

Yesterday Julian came by with Annie and took me to lunch at Una Mas. In the evening Mimi and I tried to have dinner at Sundance, but because of the Stanford football game we could not even get in the parking lot. So we went to the Plaza Hotel in Mountain View. The were having a large Indian wedding, so we were part of a colorful crowd. They no longer have the early bird special on weekends, but we had good steaks from the regular menu. My blood test showed that I am a little anemic, so I figured I should eat more red meat. I will try to fine some iron pills when I go to Safeway today. In the evening we watched a couple of more episodes from Disk 2 of the PBS documentary on the Vietnam War.

Message 833

I am still improving health wise, so I think my new pills are working. Yesterday I bought Microsoft Office for my HP computer so I can use Word to work on my memoirs on my new computer. I need Jason to help me get the file transferred over the local area network. It would be easy if both computers had Windows 7, but the old Dell has Windows XP Professional, which was pretty good in its day, but it is now obsolete. I have found it is not really convenient to work on my memoirs in the guest room.

Last night Mimi and I watched Disk I of of an old PBS documentary about the war in Vietnam. This first disk covers up to the assassination of President Kennedy, shortly after he agreed to the assassination of the President of Vietnam and his brother.

Message 832

I am continuing with my pills, and I continue to feel better. I heard from my doctor that my blood tests show that I am anemic. She has scheduled to have me repeat the test in a month. Last night I watched to opera La Rondine on PBS. It is by Puccini, but I had never heard of it. The cast was very good though.