Mom came up to read old family letters. We sat outside on the deck and after our first break we put on jackets. Jackets! I read the originals; she read her printed version on her laptop. It took us three rounds but today we finished. Success! We went for two afternoon walks: stairs, coffee, Trader Joe's guac and browsing, viewing the outside of my new workplace, noticing an out of control fire in a dumpster, watching it burn, climb up the telephone pole. I called 911; they were alerted. We watched until fire trucks came.

Now, Nick and I are off to play games with M and E, maybe outside.