From the warm

I am in Long Beach, CA where the sun is both shining AND warm, the palm trees are tall against a brilliant blue sky, flowers are blooming in gardens, but the grass on lawns is brown and stiff from lack of water, not from freezing temperatures. People are wearing shorts! Last evening Pete (son-in-law) and Em and I went to the Long Beach shoreline and took a walk at sunset./ I realized I had not seen a real sunset since the Patient and I spent our last night in Mexico at San Carlos last May. I mean a sun-sinks-into-the-ocean type sunset. I took several pix but forgot to bring my connector cable so they will have to wait until I get home tomorrow.

I talked to the patient last night and he reported on his gastronomical achievements for the day. He took himself to Wendy's for dinner where he bought a cheeseburger. He brought it home, ate the whole thing, washed it down with a bottle of beer, and was quite pleased with himself. That's probably 500 calories for his chart! Good job, Jim.