The MRI reading & On the Road Again to Sac

I finally got to see the MRI doctor and he said that the tissue looked very strong and healthy. So I am not going to get any surgery any time soon. I am still staying in bed some (a good way to do the computer). The hole is pretty much gone, the skin has almost closed up and the nurse has discharged me. I am doing well, my stamina has increased quite a bit so that is good. So Ed & I took a trip North! (I have a 2nd cushion so I sat on it on the trip.) Ed and I drove up to Santa Clara to try to see a quilt show but got lost at the 85/101 and missed the connection and ended up wandering around in Mountain View (north of SJ) and only found the convention center at 5:00! So we just went to the hotel just N of the center. Then the next day decided that we wouldn't go as planned as it was taking us too long to get organized and I wanted to get to see my 93 yr old aunt in Fremont and then get to Sac. We had a good time, Fri night we met some friends at a local restaurant. Then on Sat aft, & Sun 10-4 I attended the CDR State Council meeting. It went well, I was elected Pres, effective Jan, 2012. We had dinner on Sat night at our favorite Mexican Restaurant Allegros. Ed was able to spend Sun with his son Lee. We spent Sun night dinner w/my sisters Priscilla and Margaret and Pris' hubby Ed. Margaret was recuperating from a knee operation she had in SF. She works as a nurse in SF and has had problems for years w/her knees. Anyway, Ed & Pris offered to have her stay with them at the beginning so it would be easier to recover. So he drove to SF and picked her up and she stayed with them for about 3 weeks. A good plan as the ranch is pretty isolated and a hard situation to deal with if you are trying to recover from knee surgery. Then on Mon, sister Pris took Ed to get some plastic stuff for his son's art. I met them at the Sunrise Mall and shopped for decent mature clothes! Ed got some polo shirts and a new sports jacket (all of his others are too big--he lost 50# after his heart operation). Then we all went to Chili's for dinner that night. Tues we piled our stuff and my sister Margaret's stuff into the van and headed for Merced where she had arranged for her hubby Jeff to pick her up to take her back to their "ranch " in Mariposa. When we got there she called him to see where he was and he was only just leaving the ranch--it is about 1.5 hours away!!! She was a little pissed about that! So after we had lunch, we left her under a tree in the shade (it was 88) but she only had to wait for about 1/2 hour. Ed & I headed straight WEST to hwy 152 so we could get to the 101. When we stopped in San Juan Bautista, our favorite stop over place, the temp was 64! Wow great, it was cool and foggy all the way home.