Saturday, April 19, 2003
Visited my sister's family in No Mountain View. Dexter, Johnson, and Chika also showed up to celebrate. It was a late birthday party for their son Matthew, who had celebrated his birthday last week with family in southern California. Jeremy has gotten louder. He knows how to say "Patrick" without anyone feeding him the word first. He still knows how to say "I want candy!" Matthew is standing up while holding on to things now. He can take a few steps now and then, but not quite walking. Rob played video for us from the celebration down south. Lani effortlessly prepared a huge meal for everyone: crescent sandwiches with a platter of meats and cheeses, BBQ sausages, spinach salad, multicolor chip cupcakes with chocolate fudge frosting. Johnson and Chika brought impressive homemade spring rolls and peanut sauce. Patrick and I brought homemade chocolate chip cookies, and we helped frost the cupcakes. We talked about Las Vegas, who was going to Corinna's forthcoming wedding, what everyone thought of her fiancee Patrick, Patrick's learning Mandarin, my mom and dad. Visited Glenn Cochran and Bill Kirby. Tom Worrell had just moved out of Glenn's place. Jon was over helping to rearrange furniture and move Glenn's stuff into the larger bedroom. Glenn gave us the tour since we hadn't see his place since he moved in to Unit B on Fox Court. We had dinner at Suraj, an Indian restaurant near their place. We talked about Madonna, gay porn, Don Don's forthcoming wedding, Lodestar Quarterly, my normalized numbering scheme, mini golf, the attractive busboy.