It’s a day for celebration! I woke up at 840am. My god, so late. And we wanted to leave by 9 so that’s out the window. I have not been sleeping well the past couple of weeks so I really am excited about sleeping in today. Of course, today we are headed to SF for the auto show and had wanted the early start. What with the distance and crap weather we need time.
We got in late last night from the annual Sullivan family day after thanksgiving thanksgiving. I meant that. Our good friend Roma is the matriarch of the Sullivans and the 2nd thanksgiving is at her house every year. She is getting kinda old, now is 87, so family likes to gather when able. We have known Roma, and her late husband Dick, for about 20 years. We met at the T Birds baseball stadium. We were host families for the team. Spent a lot of time together did a few things. Friends. Now we go to Thanksgiving2 every year.
As I was saying, we got in around midnight last night. Jax is sick and has been having diarrhea all over. Lovely. He is a very old dog and it’s freezing outside so we can’t just toss him out. Dog has no control of his bowels on a good day. Today is def not a good day. He sleeps with us which is problematic. Especially when he has the squirts. I got up at 130 to take him out and he had already “leaked” on the bed cover and blanket. We were up with him several more times as well.
Emily decided to skip the auto show this morning and stay home with Jax. This will minimize the excess feces all over the house. Prob a good thing.
Marika and I got on the road by 10. Later than we wanted. We have just gotten to Dixon at 1115 to pick up her boy toy, Jutt. He is our third wheel for the day.
And, so far, the weather is fine. No apocalypse as predicted by the weather service. Just some light rain. So much for the weather forecast. The drive was totally unaffected by traffic and weather so we got to the city quickly. I think searching for parking and getting to Moscow Center took longer.
The auto show was just as expected. I enjoy seeing all the new models and my own models I already own. This years show seemed a bit off. No Mercedes. The new Mustangs were not present. Corvette had only two cars. Just not much there. Every other company was in place. There was finally a Tesla I wanted to see but again not there. Still, all in all, loved the show. It’s a cheap diversion for the day. They have a bar there too and we always go. The bartender poured us three extra strong drinks, without asking, then took our cash and put it in the tip jar. He said his boss wasn’t there. Everybody wins.
We were there about 5 hours. Takes awhile to look at that many cars. Again, no rain on the way out. Weak storm.
We decided to get dinner on the way home. Took some long discussion to finally pick a place. Ended up at Trader Vic’s in Emeryville, a family fave. Jutts first time. We all had Mai Tais, a given considering the Trader created them back in 1944 and we were in his house. It’s the polite thing to do. We also ordered an appetizer, crab artichoke dip, because all of us had skipped lunch. Actually, we had cocktails for lunch but they weren’t too filling. But, we had to eat something quickly. Dinner was the usual affair, food with a South Pacific flair and exotic taste. I had a yellow curry dish which was fantastic. I was surprised how good it was. All three of us went head down on dinner and did not raise up till satisfied. Hungrier than we thought. No room for dessert. We sat around and talked for quite a time before we headed out for home.
The weather was still mild with minor drizzle all the way to Dixon. I slept most of the way. The cocktails and food put me over the edge. Fortunately Marika was fine and did the driving. The drive up the hill to Auburn had more rain but still little traffic so we made good time. Of course, soon as we reached Lone Star we found one slow car in front of us.
Got home and unloaded the car. Checked on Jax, no squirts all day! Maybe he is getting better. We can hope.
Not much else to the evening. I wrapped 10 advent gifts for Emily because advent starts tomorrow and I am not one to be late.
Now it’s bedtime. Emily is snoring loudly next to me. Hopefully I won’t have to nudge her to bring quiet.