Message 185

Yesterday I took Beech to lunch and his gymnastics class. He had a little bit of a cold, so he did not go to school. They have a rule about not coming to school sick. In the evening Joshua brought in food from Chili's, and we watched the Sharks game. They beat Nashville 4-1.

Vanessa just called and said Beech was not well enough to go to school, so she is bringing him and Annie down to pick me up and go to Starbucks for coffee.

Message 184

Last night Joshua brought pizza and we watched the Sharks beat Chicago. Tonight he said he would come over and watch them play Nashville. Yesterday I watched the Raiders lose to Miami and the 49ers beat St. Louis. So the home teams won two out of three, which is better than has been usual of late.

After Josh left I watched PBS and saw a Nature program on the bald eagle and Masterpiece Contempory.

I even turned in early, before midnight, last night.

Today I am picking up Beech to take him to lunch and to gymnastics.

Message 183

Yesterday Jason and Ellie came by and we went to lunch at El Cerrito. Jason and I each had a chimichanga, mine pork and his chicken. Ellie had the toasted cheese sandwich and a bowl of fruit, but she got upset about something and did not eat a bite, so Jason took hers home in a box.

Last night I watched disk 2 of season 5 of The Wire. Then I read some more of Friday's edition of The Economist. I turned in early (for me) at about 12:30 AM.

Today I will watch the Raiders at 10 AM, and the 49ers at 1 PM. Joshua is coming over at 4 PM so we can watch the Sharks game. During all these games I will continue to read The Economist.

As you can see. Nothing much is happening. The weather is beautiful again. At night it is about 50 degrees and during the day it will be near 80 in Menlo Park.

Message 182

I am waiting for Helen and Jim to call to meet for coffee. We are having something of a heat wave. It is supposed to go over 80 again today. Last night I watched part of disk 2 of season 5 of The Wire.

Julian is going to bring his AAA card today and have AAA come and bring him a new battery. I will walk up to coffee and then drive up later this afternoon to do my grocery shopping.

Message 181

Yesterday after breakfast at Heidi's Pies, Vanessa, Beech, Annie, and I went to Ellie's birthday party, five candles. It was a very nice party. Chelsea was there with the twins, plus a couple of Susan's friends were there with there kids. Vanessa took her bouncy house and set it up in the front yard.

We drove to Los Gatos in my van, and when we got back we discovered that Vanessa's van had a dead battery. It was late afternoon, and the kids were tired, so I had her drive home in my van. She will come down this morning and get a new battery.

Last night I watched the Sharks beat Calgary 6-1. It was one of those games where everything goes well.

Charlie Rose had a good show last night, so I think I will watch it again at noon today. It dealt with what the world has to do to control it financial system

Message 178

Last night I picked up Jason at SFO on his return from the Starcraft weekend at Nyack. Jamie did not make it this year, but all the other regulars did, including Sean.

When I got home, the 49ers game on Monday Night Football was over, so I read more of The Economist. Apparently the 49ers played well, but the still lost to Arizona, so they are not yet ready for prime time.

Tonight the Sharks play Nashville, so I will watch them.

Message 179

This morning I am sending this message early before I leave to have breakfast with Vanessa and Annie at Heidi's pies. Afterward we will pick Beech up at school and go to Los Gatos for Ellie's birthday party.

Last night I watched disk 1 of season 5 of The Wire. This season has the newspaper business as part of the story, like season had education.