January 24 - Sailaway Day
Our flights to San Francisco on Tuesday were smooth and on time and the rental car was waiting for us. We had a nice dinner with Lindsay at son Andrew and Lindsay’s place that they recently remodeled. Andrew was in Sacramento, but we saw him on Wednesday to take him to the airport. He’s interviewing for his fellowship year at various programs around the country. Had a nice visit with Rita Figari on Thursday morning then off to the Ritz-Carlton. Another perk of the World Cruise is they put us up for the night there and have a gala dinner to kick off the cruise. After we checked in I went to hang up my dress for the evening only to discover that it wasn’t in my luggage! I bought that dress a year or so ago thinking it would be perfect for the gala. I made sure not to pack it in the luggage that was picked up at home, made sure I kept out the shoes and jewelry for it, and somehow left the dress hanging in the closet! Al...