sunday morning aka Dad's birthday

today is dad's 62 birthday. seems very happy and pleased with everything. had a nice swim this morning followed by a fruit smoothie and puttering around including emails. i'm wearing khaki skirt and brown sleeveless top. dad is about to get his massage and i will attempt packing my bags in anticipation of a 415 monday morning departure. makes me a bit sad knowing i'll be leaving so soon.

saturday night wore a black square neck longish dress. went to dinner at my favorite place, le bordeaux. had the rack of lamb which was wonderful and we shared a choco mint souffle. absolutely lovely evening.

saturday i attempted to find some cuff links for dad's birthday present. i guess they really dont specialize in them (not much need for french cuff shirts here). they had few options mostly with tie clips. and they were not interesting at all. ended up with a decent pair of mother of pearl set in white gold/silver just a triangle shape. he seems to like them okay.

got a little massage then went to mekong merchant for a light lunch at 3pm. ms. han came in the morning to fix breakfast and tidy up. then left around 11. sad to say farewell to me ... she likes having someone around to fuss over and chat with i think. she's a real keeper.

we arranged earlier for some special flowers for the center hall table. they came and assembled the most amazing arrangement .... rivals the hyatt's display! dad was so pleased with the results and that's a nice feeling.

our sunday will probably consist of going to city and checking out some speakers for the tv, then a light lunch and tonight we'll have our "last supper" at the hyatt. early morning wake up and ride o airport. doubt dad will go along for the ride. basically i just jump out of car and go to ticket counter and not real chatty at 430. its the same thing when i take him to raleigh at 4am ... he sleeps while i drive so no chat then either!

probably last post since i'll shut down the laptop later and check that off my departure to do list. leave keys, leave cell phone, leave id card, etc. i hope my trips will be longer and more often and would love to bring each of you along.