California Christmas

We spent an unusual Christmas day which included a visit with Sulley Monster and a very scary "Twilight Zone" elevator ride (See above). The elevator ride drops you about 6 floors and this picture was taken near the middle of that drop. Ruth tells me that the gentleman in the lower left is flashing the gang sign "22" on the way down. I wouldn't know as I was just trying to keep my lunch down.

We also went to the Ontario mall the day after Christmas, what a crush of people. When we left around 1:00 pm you could hardly walk in the hallways there were so many people. Some of the cash register lines had 30-40 people waiting. Ruth commented that her ears were ringing after we left because of all the noise. There is a safety minute here, leave Randy at home next time.

The weather was great for Karen's visit, warm enough for her to soak up some sunshine. We really enjoyed her visit, she is a lot of fun. She had an interesting experience as she was leaving as someone attempted to steal her coat at the airport. She got the attention of security personnel and was able to recover her coat. I was proud of how well she handled the situation.

Treatment number 18 is complete. This one was not smooth as they had to recalibrate the machine a couple of times during the treatment. I had to lie very still for about 20 minutes, which I am told is not my strength. However, I was glad to get done as one of the other "gantry's" was down all morning due to technical problems and those patients were stacking up in the waiting room as I was heading out.

Ruth headed out today to visit the Ligotti's in San Diego for a couple of days. Being frugal I decided not to rent a car while she gone but would ride the bike instead. I just did the clock arithmetic for the morning treatment and I am currently questioning my judgment on this issue. I do recall, however, there is a good donut shop between here and the hospital.

We sure enjoy the comments and emails, thank you for making us smile.