A Cake like a Puppy

Sunday: Up around 7 (Ann already up), shower, morning sitting, packing. Breakfast again at the place on the corner. Picked up the car, then packing it up. Drove up to Ann's place (first time I'd actually been there), and met her apartment mate Angl. Dropping stuff off. On the road to my mom's. Missed the exit for Darien, so circled back. Picked up a lovely cake, which the people at the shop treated as if it was a puppy being adopted. ("A work of art," the fellow said). To my mom's and left Ann working in the kitchen with her, as I went to pick up coffee at Starbucks. People started arriving around 1pm. A lovely party, with lots to eat and drink. Things wrapped up around 4 or 5. Hanging with with R (a friend from the condo complex). Cleaning up. Packed the car and headed out. Couldn't find the RR station right away. Hanging out with Ann on the platform. In a strange coincidence, the guy from the pastry shop got on a train from the same platform, asking us "How was the cake!?" Ann caught the 5:52 to GSS. Drove across town to the Merrit Pkwy. Pleasant drive back to Boston. Stopped for some pizza at the first place on the Mass Pike. Once home, settling back in. Didn't make Guitar Circle. Email. Now to complete the day.

Saturday: I slept until about 8 (Ann already up). Showed and morning sitting. Breakfast at the little place on the corner. We walked down to her office and picked up the tickets to the show. Lovely view of Central Park. Walked over to Grand Central Station, and met my mom. We acted as my mom's "Sherpas" leading her through the subway to Lincoln Center. Some refreshments, then saw the NYC Opera's production of Candide. Fun. Afterwards, some more walking around with mom, then put her on a bus headed back to GSS. Ann and I had very expensive grilled cheese sandwiches and french fries, then, she headed for a hair appointment, and I back to the apartment for personal practice, and guitar. A quiet evening in.

Friday: Up, shower, down basement, drums, Oscar, breakfast. Put away laundry. Packing for the weekend. Loaded the car (duffel bag and guitar) and off to work. Lovely sunny day. Stopped for gas.

Brief day at work. Checking in with B and Al. Asked Al to take a look at a file that I had had very poor results with his analysis system. At first he was very confident. By the end he was saying my data was not a "common case" and his system simply wouldn't work with it.

Lots of traffic leaving Boston, but otherwise an uneventful drive to NYC. Listening to podcasts through the car stereo. Ann had picked up Middle Eastern food for us.