To PA

Sunday (Christmas Eve, Norwalk CT): Woke around 9, MB jumping out of bed. Downstairs, and sitting. Shower. Made breakfast (eggs, leftover soy sausage etc) with MB. We ate. I took a very brief, but refreshing nap, on the couch. Packed the car. We headed off at noon.

An uneventful drive to Hanover PA. Sunny and not much traffic. Listening to Secret Museum of Mankind, My Brightest Diamond and others. A couple of stops. Arrived at the hotel (which came up sooner than we thought) just after 5 PM. Settling in.

We had an early dinner at a local chain-eatery, with a decent salad bar and a veggie burger on the menu. Then, over to the retirement village. When we arrived Alan was being tended to, so we waited outside his room for a bit. A patient alarm was going off, an it took quite a while before anyone attended to it. A woman wheeled herself to the door of her room and said "I need a nurse" in an indignant tone. "Help!" she screamed angrily. "Oh Margaret, please!" said a nurse in passing. "I know..." grumbled the old woman. Then again "Help!" and so on. We had a nice little visit. Alan is 97, and perhaps not as spry as he was a year ago, but hanging in there.

Mom and I went back to the hotel, leaving MB with Alan. Mom went to bed in her room. Personal practice in my room. MB called around 10:15 saying she and her grandfather were done watching their movie, and that I could come pick her up. So I did.

Snacks in the lobby. Now, up in the room. Perhaps some guitar.