Hello Crazies&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />I didn&#39;t make it to work this morning...,headache and upset stomach, still really having trouble being out and<br />about.  I am off now until Wednesday except for one call shift over the weekend so I pray the extra few days will make the difference.<br /><br />Shawn and I did go to Ana Mandara - it is such a serene and lovely place, on of the prettiest restaurants I&#39;ve ever been in.  Gourment Magazine says &quot;Ana Mandara is unlike any Vietnamese restaurant in America.&quot;<br />Check out their website at www.anamandara.com.  I would have enjoyed it more had I felt better.  When I emaled the reservations, they ask if you are celebrating anything.  I wrote, &quot;I&#39;m celebrating life...and explained about the tree hitting my car.&quot;  The manager was so sweet.  When we sat down, he sent complimentary champagne, &quot;in celebration of your being alive - we want to celebrate it as well.&quot;<br /><br />It was rainy and dreary and Fisherman&#39;s Wharf was deserted.  We had no problem parking and the restaurant wasn&#39;t packed, as it usually is.  We were able to eat fairly quickly and I slept all the way home.<br /><br />Steve, I&#39;m glad to hear you are recovering nicely and that the surgery went well and with a positive outcome.<br /><br />Ed, I am sad about your kitty.  We have not been able to have pets, as renters, but I love animals and they are so important in our lives.  It&#39;s amazing that cats live so many years but I guess that&#39;s because their humans take such good care of them.<br /><br />Cheryl, you must look terrific and your house is getting the beauty treatment, too&#33;  Good for you.  <br /><br />Hope Roe&#39;s biopsy is only good news.  Sounds like a major surgical procedure with all that bleeding&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Mary Lou, it&#39;s ridiculous that Ashleigh can&#39;t wear the monitor at school.  I would think they could incur liability by not allowing that...sometimes they don&#39;t think&#33;  It is important that she wear it in all situations, especially those that might trigger this tachycardia.<br /><br />Hey, Mercedes, that 58 degrees sounds like our normal San Francisco temperatures.<br /><br />Joey, one of these days when I&#39;m down in your neck of the woods, you&#39;ll have to invite me for a cocktail to view your stained glass windows.<br /><br />Well, I&#39;m going to lie down again...head is reeling.<br /><br />xxxooo to all.....<br />