Sunday, March 22

The winds were high today and the temperature was low. It wasn’t a pleasant day to be outside. Dad and I took Sue to the airport this morning for her flight back to Minneapolis. Everything was on time and she arrived home safely.

After coming back to the hotel it was time for a nap. We did get up in time to go to Mass at the VA Chapel. The priest is a good old fashioned Irish priest straight from Ireland. He has quite a brogue. He had visited dad in his room on Thursday. This was after mom and Sue walked down to see the Chapel and found out that dad had been registered as a Protestant for 2 days.

When we arrived at the Chapel we chatted with the priest for a while. I can’t remember his name. He remembered dad by name. We were the only three at mass plus one nurse. It was a nice service to start the day.

We hit Mel’s again for lunch after mass. The car of the day was a 1955 Ford Fairlane convertible. I think dad was as excited about that as he was about his chicken dinner!

He is doing very well with walking and having tons of patience as we try to figure out his med schedule. Not quite on schedule yet, but we are getting there. After lunch it was home for a nap.

Once up, dad was busy flipping through the phone book. Turns out he was looking for Casinos!! We hit the first one to find out it was cards only, no slots. So off we went to the only one around with slots, an hour away across the Bay Bridge in San Pablo. We were there for a couple of hours before heading home.

It is now time for pizza and beer (Pepsi for dad). Turns out there is a great little pizza place right next door to the hotel. When done it will be time to crawl into bed.

Night all,
Colette