Chili

Sarah was making dinner for us and she was shaking the chili powder container over the ground beef she was cooking and the lid came off and the whole bottle of chili powder poured into the hamburger. Sarah scooped out all she could and we never told Ali. It didn't taste too bad and Ali never noticed.

309

We went to Sarah's for dinner and Barb and I tried to break into apartment 309 until Sarah messaged Barb and said it was apartment 209. We turned and ran away as quick as we could.

Henry

Ali and Sarah took us to the Mandarin Chinese buffet to say goodbye to us before we went to Florida. We were seated in the birthday room and our waiter Henry had to keep singing Happy Birthday To You all evening.

Santa

Barb was dropping off a medical claim at Sunlife and put the four-way flashers on for the first time in the Honda. She found she couldn't lock the doors when she left the car. Then when she came back to the car, the whole electrical system seemed to go crazy and lights flashed all over the place but the car wouldn't start. She tried to phone me but I had the sound off on my phone and didn't get the call. Eventually, an old man in a truck filled with tools saved the day with his jumper cables. Barb said he looked like Santa.

Mentoring

I applied to be a mentor in computer modelling and had to write a long email about my background. I said I had started doing computer modelling in 1977. I mentioned it to Barb and said that I started computer modelling the year my Mom died, that is 1977. Barb said she didn't die in 1977. She died in 1997. I was confused about whether I had said 1997 or 1977. Then when I looked my email up I realized I had made a mistake. I had to send another email correcting my myself to say that I started in 1997.

Watch

My Fitbit battery died and I wanted to wear my Timex until it charged but my Timex was not set to Daylight Savings Time. I couldn't get the little knob to come out so I could change the time. So Barb tried to do it with a screwdriver and accidently cut her finger. We never were able to change the time. So I just put the Timex away and waited for my Fitbit to charge. I also finally figured out how to change the clock in the car.

Snow

We hate having to wait until late November to go to Florida. Today there was a big snow storm and Barb was driving to pickleball with only her all-weather tires. She was going down a hill and couldn't stop and skidded right through the lights at the bottom. She was very lucky there was no one at the stop light or driving across the intersection. It would have been terrible to be in car accident just before we were supposed to drive to Florida.