Saturday, April 23, 2005

Late last night I started getting the tickle in my throat which means a sore throat is coming. Today it's fully not good, but I still had to go to Kaiser to give them my blood and urine samples (standard tests), which require 12 hours of fasting (water only). The service was pretty good by healthcare standards I've seen in the past. By the time I finished, I was lightheaded, sore-throated, and very hungry. Patrick and I went to Orphan Andy's for a midmorning meal. He got the Big 2 and I got sausage and eggs. We found plastic wine glasses for Dale's wine-tasting party tonight, but after we got home and had taken a nap, I realized I didn't have the energy to drive about an hour and drink samples of wine. Patrick called Dale to cancel while I continued to rest. Watched Murder on the Orient Express (1974) on VHS. What a pleasure to watch, with Albert Finney as Poirot, and so many familiar faces and classic stars: Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York. I accidentally guessed the killer long before Monsieur Poirot revealed all at the end. All my reading of Agatha Christie when I was a kid paid off, I guess. Plenty of fun!