Amanda was on call all weekend (5pm Friday to 7am Monday), but other than the usual rounding in the mornings she only had to go in unexpectedly once for a delivery. Of course, that was 4am Sunday, though. And there was the usual pages and calls she had to answer.
The weather had been pretty unpleasant recently… cold rain and snow… with a few short periods of sunshine to taunt us. We went out to the park with Lonan Kai during breaks in the weather.
I had lunch with Larry last Friday at Wild Wheat in Kent; I have actually been there quite a few times which is odd in some ways because there aren’t many reasons for me to go to Kent. He had been to the dentist that morning and was getting over a cold, but hopefully he is feeling better now. After lunch we went back to his workplace and he showed me some Cool Stuff ™, but I am under a NDA signed a few years ago with his company, so I cannot reveal Their Secrets.
Randy was in town from Sacramento last weekend. He went to dinner with Eve and Karl and out to see Watchmen on Saturday, but since Amanda was on call and such activities go way past Lonan Kai’s bedtime we did not join them.
Saturday for us was playing with Lonan Kai, cleaning, and a jaunt to Mount Baker Park. I fiddled with the scooter. We acquired LK a couple pairs of shoes from the second hand store in Columbia City. They appear to fit “OK” but it’s hard to tell since he can’t talk. We watched the third episode on Michael Palin’s trip to the Himalayas after LK went to bed.
We did see Randy and Eve and Karl on Sunday when we met up with them at Jade Garden in the International District for dim sum. I originally was going to take the bus up with Lonan Kai but the bus decided to be early this once and as I was walking to Rainier I could see it rumble by. Rather than wait for the next, I went back to let LK take a power nap and waited for Amanda to come back from the hospital, and then we all arrived at the restaurant a bit late.
James (who was not at dim sum) had given Randy a book of poems that “reminded him of middle age” and Randy said something to the effect, “hmm… I’ve never thought of those words applying to me before”.
It was good to see everyone. Stacey, Karl’s brother and his wife, and Rosie whom I had just met, were also there. Lonan Kai loved the food, but then he eats everything.
We have not gone grocery shopping in a while (other than continuously buying bananas for Lonan Kai), so we had a dinner of stuffing, coconut glazed sweet potatoes, and egg rolls. I might have some for lunch today as well. Lonan Kai of course loved it all. And he had more bananas.