Alma's surgery

Today, Mom was discharged and moving around quite well. By 5 pm, she was back at El Camino Gardens. I just love the way the staff greeted her: clapping, cheering, welcoming. It put a smile on her face.

Dear Dick,

I took the rigging to Jack Scullion in Alameda this morning.
He's located sort-of behind Nelson's Marine.
On the hard nearby was this monstrosity:

Steve Fosset's 32 meter (105') Catamaran

LOA 105'; LWL 97'6"; Beam 60'; Draft 14'8" (daggerboards down); Estimated Displacement 38,460 lbs.; Sail Area 7,274 sq. ft. (upwind), 11,631 sq. ft. (with masthead reacher); SA/D 102 (upwind), 163 (with masthead reacher); D/L 15.71; L/B 18.39 (for single hull); Auxiliary twin 100-hp Yanmar diesels; Fuel 150 gals.; Water 30 gals.
Source: http://www.wingo.com/sailing/fossett/index.html


Jack said it showed up about a week before Fossett disappeared
and little has happened to the boat since.
Jack needed about an hour to inspect the rigging so I went and had breakfast here:

Weekly Farmer's Market: I found a really good artichoke focaccia,

and Needle in a Haystack, an excellent needlework store.
Another attraction near Nelson' Marine:

Alma's surgery

Everything went well. As Mom has said before, "She's a tough old bird."

However, her Alzheimer's is complicating her hospital stay. A family member needs to be with her to remind her where she is, why, and what to do or not do. I spent Friday night at the hospital, Justin will stay tonight.

Another friendly face

This person wasn't so easy for me to recognize. I pointed at her, she pointed at me, and we knew we recognized each other. Like me, Eileen Orman worked for Rio Linda Union School District. Retired for about 10 years, she now volunteers at Mercy San Juan Hospital.

Who's this handsome guy?

Justin and I went to lunch at La Favorita while my mom was in recovery and before she was assigned to a room. And there was Hal Higgins, my first principal at Frontier School in 1971 and a few years later, also at Rio Linda Elementary School.

Alma has surgery

It's 3:30 in the morning. I'm about to leave Justin's, to pick up my mom, and take her for colon cancer surgery.

Thanks to all of you who keep her in your prayers.

Calvary Lutheran Church Gospel Choir

Thank you, Leone Thorne, for organizing this performance for my mom and the rest of the residents at El Camino Gardens.

Back Row: Marvin Fox, Don Strauch, Don Thorne, Ron Smith with arm around Jan Smith.
Middle Row: Marlene Fox, Lois Penman, Betty Lagge.
Front Row: Joan Weber, Mom, Evelyn Brown and Leone Thorne.
~Thank you, Leone for helping me with everyone's name~

Thais and Sophia were there also.