In Brief:
- After surviving last night's scooter problems but then having it end up working, we figured this morning would be much of the same. We only had two destinations, Aldi and Sun Wah.

- Needless to say, that after many attempts and aching calves (more Eva's than mine) we gave up, retired the scooter to it's under-the-eaves-location, and cursed our start-less scooter.

- We took our bikes. I drove Eva nuts because I wanted to make sure we had everything before we left. Lock? Bike lights? Gloves? Keys? She was ready to go when I was still doing the gathering. In the long run, however, I do think she was pleased with our lights.

- The wind was so strong by the park that it nearly blew me and my saddle-bagged bike over. I'm only including the saddle-bags because I think it created wind-resistance which impeded me.

- After stocking up on ramen and sauces, we stopped by the movie place and rented Hedwig and the Angry Inch. I had wanted to see it for some while, though Eva wasn't mad about the idea. We wouldn't have rented it if she could have come up with something to give Hedwig some competition.

- We rode on home and I started making our dinner--Thai. It's the first time in long time that I've made it, as we ran out of our varying types of curry paste weeks ago. It was delicious. Perhaps some of the best we've had. :)

- While making dinner, I settled down with the beers in our fridge. First I had one raspberry, then another, and then started drinking Eva's Hoegarden. Oh well, I was having a blast! Eva was sewing a patch on one of our quilts and I was a bit tipsy stirring Thai sauce and taste-testing the rice which seemingly was taking forever.

- After our meal, we settled down with Hedwig. It was a good movie, not one to buy, but definitely one to watch. In other words, it was entertaining.

- After the movie, Eva fell asleep while I watched a lot of the extra-bits included with the DVD. (Not all of them, as they included a completely commented-over full-length film!)

- Finally, as Eva was looking more and more comfortable and asleep curled up in a ball in the corner of the couch, I turned off the computer and we went to sleep.

IN THE NEWS:
Sailors and air crews aboard this aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf traded the roar of jet engines for the noise of punk rock guitars Saturday at an on-deck party thrown as a reward for 45 continuous days at sea. We're ready to go" to war, said Petty Officer 2nd Class James Malonzo, 32, a hospital corpsman from Sacramento, Calif. "It's just so sad that we're having beer and a party today, and in a couple of days we could be invading a country."