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It was 5:00 am, and the alarm went off, causing Mary to jump out of bed and head straight to the bathroom. At first, I was confused about why the alarm was ringing so early, but then I remembered that she had a CME activity in Pasadena starting at 7:00 am. It was reminiscent of her experience seven days ago in Maui. We can’t keep doing this! As Mary often says…
I puttered around the house and did some long overdue chores like fixing the chest-of-drawers decorative woodwork, hanging my clothes up from the trip, doing a couple of loads of wash, taking the suitcases upstairs, retrieving the Valentine’s Day decorations, and emptying the dryer.
The Hawaii Adventure Website was finished and contains many more pictures of the vacation than what I put into the Daily Diary. I also got the two cars cleaned, thanks to Juan.
Lunch was a TV dinner from TJ’s, a delightful spicy Indian chicken meal. It was a whole 360 calories and loaded with protein, a great choice on my way back to 190 pounds.
They said it was spicy (Fiery); it wasn’t hot for me!
Trying to make the Daily Diary more interesting, I am now looking into hints that will help! Furthermore, I intend to keep trying!
Admittedly, the meeting ran a little overtime, so Mary texted around 4:45 pm that she was heading home. That should be a one-hour trip, so I expected her at 5:45 pm, just in time to freshen up and walk across the street to Jeff’s Birthday Party!
We met Jeff’s son, Mark, Pam’s husband, Steve, and their neighbors at the party. Marva was also there, having just returned from back-to-back cruises. We had a great time with lots of laughs and giggles. We felt very special being invited to the event.
The cake comes with many stories!
Presents indeed, several were of the liquid variety. Jeff and I have many things in common, such as we lost our wives within weeks of each other, we are both ham radio operators, we have had triple bypasses, we enjoy wine, and we both have technical careers.
He lives catty-corner from our home and keeps an eye on the place. If I get a late-night call, it is usually from Jeff reminding me the garage door is open, I have not covered the van, or something is happening in the hood we should know about.
It wonderful to have neighbors and friends like Jeff!
Jeff was attempting to guess what libation was under wraps.
We departed the party at 8:00 pm, and Jeff was getting tired. Mary was pooped from her conference already. Scout and I went outside, watered the grass, and headed for bed. It has been a long day!
