Home... for a while

Well, we finally got home yesterday, though a little late. First we were delayed in St. Louis because of the low cloud cover at SFO. Then, after a 45 minute delay they put us on the play but once we pushed back from the gate we were held for another hour on the ground. And then, finally, on the ground at SFO, we were delayed once again because the delays had fouled up the gate assignments. We got to our gate about 2 hours and 30 minutes after our original arrival time, most of that spent on the airplane.

Susan's dad has slowed down considerably since last year. His legs are weaker - he needs a walker and shuffles. He was having some pain in his lower back, a recent development. Those two factors combine to make him housebound. The doctors were still trying to figure it out the cause of the pain when we left, but the operative theory was fractured vertebrae. There is a metasticized lesion in the area, too, as seen in an MRI, probably spread from his prostate cancer, but the oncologist thinks it's not a problem right now. We'll keep you posted.

Looks like one more trip in the near term. I think I'll be taking Gordon down to Westmont College in Santa Barbara the latter part of this week for one final close look. Anyone know of nice, reasonable hotels down there?