December 23rd

It was a great day.  It started rather slowly getting some calls in the morning.  I'm very happy that I've accepted a ride from the airport so I'll be bypassing the train.  Pam was also busy talking with Steve's family.  I finally left a little after 10 for Julie's.

I arrived and found she wanted to go for breakfast.  It was the same little house that I thought was the old coffee house.  Their lunch wasn't as good as their breakfast but we had fun.  We were off shopping.  I had decided that I wanted new very light luggage so I can bring all of my stuff home without paying extra.  I found 2 Nautica hard cover cases in bright pink.  I love them and Julie got me one for Christmas.  They were at Ross's which helped making them much cheaper than full priced stores.  I'm thrilled and can hardly wait to start packing.  Julie all of the sudden had enough after getting a lot done but still needing the most important person to shop for, Mason.  I said I'd come back tomorrow.

Mason got Julie a massage at 3 and we arrived back at Julie's just in time.   I came back to Pam's.  It was great missing most of the traffic.  Ross, Pam's son, wanted to take us out to an Indian dinner.  Our dinner with Ross and  his Fiance' was wonderful.  We went to a great place in Benicia and let Ross order.  He ordered everything mild and one hot.  The hot was too hot for me.  The rest was great.  There were a lot of vegetarian dishes.  Cauliflour, Spinch and goat cheese, Beans and lentil's etc.  I've never enjoyed Indian food so much.  The variety was wonderful and having a little of everything made me fill like I ate a lot of different things.  Thank you Ross.  We drove around after seeing the Clover house Christmas lights and also going down by the water and looking at Ross's wedding venue.  It's great.

At home we got an invitation from a friend, Debbie, of Pam's.  We're invited to a Christmas Eve dinner.  I'm so glad I love meeting new people and have fun.

All in all a wonderful day.  Time is flying by.