Sunday, April 4
The weekend storm cleared out and I suggested we go to Edgewood
Park for a hike and a peek at the early wildflowers. The day
was exceptionally clear, and from the top of the trail you could
see Mount Tamalpias, Mount Diablo, and Mount Hamilton. There
were poppies and - to my delight - shooting stars. In fact, I
don't think I've ever seen so many shooting stars.
Then we headed into The City. It was my intent to show support for
the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence by attending their street
party despite the Roman Catholic church's objections to it being
held on Easter. We did attend, but it was not an interesting
event and we soon left.
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1. On Top of the World
2. Poppies
3. Shooting Stars
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Monday, April 5
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Tuesday, April 6
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Wednesday, April 7
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Thursday, April 8
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Friday, April 9
Don arrived by train again and walked to the Glyphic office
("Glyphic Towers," as he likes to call it). I saw him
walk in the building from our window on the eighth floor,
and when he didn't show up in the office within five minutes,
I went looking for him. Of course, by the time I went down
to the lobby and came back up, he was already sitting at my
desk, trying out the latest version of the FieldTester. I
introduced him to my colleague, Brad (Mark was away on vacation,
attending his mother's wedding).
After a light dinner at my house, we went to Mike's. Don had
met Mike at Mike's birthday party a few weeks ago. Now, Mike
was hosting a FrontRunners video night, showing Whatever
Happened to Baby Jane? The movie's appeal was, of course,
the over-the-top performances from both Davis and Crawford,
and we all enjoyed the classic lines: "But cha ahrr, Blanche,
ya ahrr in a wheelchair." Don seemed to handle the paranoid
scenes without any upset, and commented once, when Crawford
was feeling trapped in her wheelchair, "Been there."
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Saturday, April 10
We got to the FrontRunners FunRun in time to hear the announcements,
but not to hear where coffee would be afterwards. As the run
started, I asked someone I thought would know, and he said "the
New Sophia's." It had rained for two days before and I was not
interested in walking along the muddy levy, so we headed back
along the paved portion of the route, then drove the car to Sophia's
in Mountain View. It was my intention to show the Explorer
off, so I wanted to get to a good spot before all the other guys
arrived.
Alas, my information was incorrect, and we were the only FrontRunners
at Sophia's that morning. Someone did stop and look at the car,
though. I saw her circumnavigating it and peering in through
the windows.
We headed from there to the office, where I worked at finishing up
version 1.1 of the FieldTester while Don worked on his homework and
dozed briefly.
Somehow
during the day, I also managed to get almost all of my laundry
done, including taking my comforter to a laundromat so I could
wash and dry it in the big machines there.
As long as we were
in the neighborhood of the laundromat, we took some time out
to chat with Steve, a very handsome man at Thistledown Florists.
Thistledown is a major supporter of the Silicon Valley Gay Men's
Chorus.
Don and I made dinner together, then joined Steve
in watching Grease. After showers,
we snuggled into bed under clean
flannel sheets.
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