House of AAAA.

Came home to a candle light dinner. Andrea and Andy and Anthony enjoying each others' company over a nice plate of roast chicken, rice pilaf, spinach salad, finished bottle of wine on the table. I joined them and unwrapped the burrito that I'd picked up from Cactus on the way home from BART. Nice to have people over, and nice to shoot the breeze with those kids. Brought my mood up to the point that I could be social. Nice change from the feeling of wanting to shut my door and have this day just be over. Ahhhh.

The roses in our back yard have been insanely pretty and productive. The loquats are already showing too, as are the apricots and plums. It'll be nice to share the yard and a coffee with my friend. Jodi's coming over in the AM for coffee. I'll really enjoy seeing her, and then she'll be gone back to Chaing Mai in a couple of days. Life goes on and on and on. Allyn misses her, she misses him. And there's that little matter of pHd research and a neice to raise right.

Birthday shopping for Libby tomorrow. Taking a walk up Telegraph to all the bookstores, looking for the perfect title, hoping to find one that she hasn't read already. Maybe a biography or something. I'm not usually that good at remembering people's birthdays, nor am I practiced at giving gifts. I'm kind of proud of myself for remembering in time to do this one right, at least. How to say with a gift what can't really be said?