Today I woke up at home with the house empty – everyone had gone to work. I got my act together, had some breakfast, and soon after my dad called looking for a ride home from Sassarini School. I jumped in the Cressida, and headed out to pick him up.
Rather than coming home, we decided to go out and do some shopping. I found some good omiyage for my teachers and students, and a couple of books on the Japanese language that look interesting.
For lunch my dad and I went to Rubio’s in the Santa Rosa Plaza. I was planning on hitting a Rubio’s in San Diego, but my schedule looks to be so tight that I figured I’d take care of it now. We both had fish tacos, and I also had a shrimp burrito. I’m going to gain so much weight on this trip.
In the evening my dad and I went to the Degliantoni’s, for the monthly poker night. Matt Atkinson was there – I hadn’t seen him yet this trip and it was nice to say hello. We got to hear about Bob Weller’s trip to Italy, and he had even brought back some great wines for us to try. We had burritos for dinner (delicious!) and played poker for a couple of hours.
The games were pretty good – most of them I had played before. My dad helped me out with the details of some of the games that I didn’t remember. These guys play so often that they know the games by heart, and they are throwing around poker terms all the time. I ended up losing five bucks on the night, but it could have been a lot worse – I won a couple of hands near the end otherwise I’d be almost ten bucks in the hole.
We played outside on the patio, and the weather was perfect for an outdoor poker night. Too much fun. Afterwards my dad and I just walked back home, and hit the hay soon after. Tomorrow I’m hoping to go visit Mark at his new job in the Sonoma Valley Art Museum.
