Dad's 80th Birthday
My dad turned 80 on February 20th. The original plan was to have a family get-together on Sunday the 19th, with a more special dinner at the Ateneum at Caltech on Wednesday the 22nd. (The Ath is closed on weekends and holidays, and President's Day fell on the 20th this year.)
We met at Carol's for chicken cacciatore, and had a great time. Gabriella came down on the train, and we stayed late to talk.
Unfortunately, back on the previous Thursday my dad had taken a fall while he was out on his daily morning walk. He was still the worse for it, with a big swollen right knew, bruises on his right wrist, and a nice shiner on his right eye. He went home a little early due to some understandable discomfort. We decided to postpone dinner at the Ath until he was feeling better.