...And I really am glad that I made it down here tonight. It will be nice to spend the day tomorrow with my parents and relatives, and it also turns out that my Mom will be having a double bypass in addition to the mitral-valve replacement. -My Dad filled me in on everything else on the ride from the bus station. However, everyone is in good spirits, and my brother, Mike, and his family will be coming down tomorrow afternoon for dinner, so it will be a good "Family Weekend".
*And over the past hour or so, my Mom has received at least a dozen calls from our relatives in Seattle and San Diego and the Philippines.