Vacation, Days 1-3: San Diego
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stoutfellowSaturday the 15th began inauspiciously, as I discovered that my brother had sworn off milk, and so I couldn't have cereal for breakfast. (Not really complaining; it just required a change of routine.) We wound up breakfasting at IHOP. Later in the day, we - Dad's five children, plus O's husband - gathered for dinner at a restaurant called JB's. I had a ravioli bowl, which contained rather more food than I could comfortably eat - not that that stopped me from eating it! I recall pleasant but unmemorable conversation - not much else.
The 16th was the big day. I have to drop back and provide some background. In mid-July, I'd received an e-mail from a former classmate (DG, one of the two I got together with in summer '06) announcing that our high school's 40th reunion would be on August 8. Sadly, I'd already made my travel plans, to be in SD the following week. DG responded by organizing (with JP, the other '06er) a micro-reunion, with as many of our old crowd as they could locate. This was scheduled for the afternoon of the 16th, at JP's house. There were nine or so of us, plus spouses and one child; most of them I had not seen in forty years, and my memories of two of them required a certain amount of jogging. It was a blast, seeing them all and finding out what everybody had done with their lives. (In some cases, this was a somewhat humbling experience....) A lot of reminiscence, a lot of catching-up, and a good bit of other conversation. (They put up with a certain amount of pontification on my part, on my favorite topics - math, history, language. I'm sorry, it's What I Do....) We'll be trying to keep in better touch in future. (If any old Crawfordites are reading these words: Hi! Feel free to leave comments!)
On the 17th, D and I got together again with E and her husband, dining at Soup Plantation. Again, it was nice to see them, but I really don't remember what we talked about. E recommended a few movies she'd seen lately, and I promised to keep an eye out. (I rarely see movies in the theater; I generally wait for them to come around on satellite.)
Not much more to say about my San Diego visit; the next day I left for Spokane. More on that later.
The 16th was the big day. I have to drop back and provide some background. In mid-July, I'd received an e-mail from a former classmate (DG, one of the two I got together with in summer '06) announcing that our high school's 40th reunion would be on August 8. Sadly, I'd already made my travel plans, to be in SD the following week. DG responded by organizing (with JP, the other '06er) a micro-reunion, with as many of our old crowd as they could locate. This was scheduled for the afternoon of the 16th, at JP's house. There were nine or so of us, plus spouses and one child; most of them I had not seen in forty years, and my memories of two of them required a certain amount of jogging. It was a blast, seeing them all and finding out what everybody had done with their lives. (In some cases, this was a somewhat humbling experience....) A lot of reminiscence, a lot of catching-up, and a good bit of other conversation. (They put up with a certain amount of pontification on my part, on my favorite topics - math, history, language. I'm sorry, it's What I Do....) We'll be trying to keep in better touch in future. (If any old Crawfordites are reading these words: Hi! Feel free to leave comments!)
On the 17th, D and I got together again with E and her husband, dining at Soup Plantation. Again, it was nice to see them, but I really don't remember what we talked about. E recommended a few movies she'd seen lately, and I promised to keep an eye out. (I rarely see movies in the theater; I generally wait for them to come around on satellite.)
Not much more to say about my San Diego visit; the next day I left for Spokane. More on that later.
