Sunday, October 30, 2005
Woke up too early. Breakfast: English muffin and butter for Patrick, English muffin sausage and egg sandwich for me. I napped while Patrick studied and did chores. Mini driving lesson for Patrick. Lunch at New Tsing Tao. Cashew chicken lunch for me, Szechwan shrimp lunch for Patrick, potstickers to start. Patrick's fortune: You have a unique personality, 07 16 28 34 39 - 21. My fortune: Your personality is great; use it proudly - don't debate. 03 16 17 25 43 - 16. Dropped off a carload of clothes left over from what people donated to Mom Ryan in September. We tried the Safeway at 18th and Noriega first, but the Goodwill station there wasn't open on Sunday, so we took it to Goodwill on Van Ness and it was very easy. Afterwards we picked up Mom Ryan and shopped for a coffee table for her. She had seen a coffee table on TV at Copenhagen that she liked, so we went there, but it turned out to be not the right style we were looking for and way too heavy (the top was made of tile). Another coffee table there might have worked, but they could not deliver it very quickly or conveniently for our tastes, so we left. Since we had such a good experience the last time at Levitz, I suggested we return there, and Mom Ryan ended up selecting one that was coincidentally right next to the demo living room that showed the love seat she purchased last time. They'll deliver and set up on Thursday, just like last time. Once again, we loved it at Levitz! "Dinner" at Tartine: chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, coconut cream pie, coffee drinks. Of these, the pudding was the finest (so impossibly smooth), the pie was the best overall, and the cake was rich and delicious but a tad too cold (from the refrigerator) and a little too dense for me. We also got two gingerbread cookies to go: a pumpkin for Mom Ryan, a cat for Patrick and me. Got gas at Twin Peaks. At home, chores and studying. Patrick has been working on his music again. Fortunately, his music files weren't lost in the recent hard drive problems we had had with two of our computers. We've reconfigured our backups, too, so there's less chance of him losing those important files.