Surprise!

Tom had planned a little surprise lunch at a restaurant with all my California family.  Well, I sorta already knew it, because a few clues were left on scraps of paper sitting out, and I have much better hearing than Tom realizes, but I was going along with the plan.

Unfortunately, the real surprise was on us, as my brother called the night before and he had been really sick, throwing up.  We all figured it was a virus or food poisoning, and it had abated that day.  But that night it turned into intense pain and he called for a ride to the hospital at 4 am.  Turned out to be a kidney stone (1 mm too small to lithotripsy) so he was sent home with pills, instructions to drink water and be patient.  

Meanwhile, back at the restaurant, the rest of us met for lunch and had a wonderful meal.  I even got a handful of cake pops to celebrate with.  😄

Not exactly as planned, but we are here..

Set the alarm for 5 a.m. so we could get ready, shower, eat a quick breakfast and leave the house by 6 for a 7:45 flight. Alarm-not sure what happened but Cheryl woke up at 6:13 and we went into full panic mode: Tom showered but forgot to grab his watch or his phone.  Cheryl skipped the shower, but remembered her phone. Made it to the airport in record time (only hit two red lights, had the parking shuttle all to ourselves, had TSA pre-check for security) and made the flight.  Spent the next two hours coming down from the adrenaline rush.  

Once we landed in LA, got our rental car, headed down to Orange County and spent the day making three different visits to family and friends.  Got to Laguna Beach about 8pm and we are kapooped.  But happy to be safely here.