About 8 last night, son Mike blew into the house after an 18-hour flight from Singapore. He rented a car at the airport and he and Patrick went to the supermarket today (they have bizarre tastes, if you ask me), then to a few other places. They came back in for their dad and are now on their way to Atlantic City where they'll go to a casino, then to Sacco Subs for lunch. It's good to see my three men enjoying themselves together.
Ellen comes in tonight; am anxious to see her, of course.
All that is the good news. The bad news is that Pat's sister-in-law, Regina, wife of his only surviving sibling, Bill, fell and broke her arm badly last night. She's to be operated on this morning--we fervently hope the procedure will go well. Bill will be unable to come to the party, and we're still not sure about their daughters. If they can't come, that's a total of 7 people we had expected who won't be there.
The other bad news (although it certainly isn't on a par with the above) is that snow is expected tomorrow--I hope not until evening, but that's bad enough, as I invited family (31 of them) back to the house and have prepared a whole other meal. As for the major party, if out-of-town guests feel they can't chance the trip, it will sure put a damper on it. Must play it by ear, but boy, it's upsetting after all the planning and anticipation, etc. Well, the important people will be here: our children and grandson and his family--must concentrate on that.
As for my diet: Had the salmon, etc. last night and regular cottage cheese meal for breakfast. I'll just have some leftovers or something for lunch.
NO SNOW, NO SNOW, NO SNOW...!