He's there and we're here

Right now Ian is probably somewhere at a base station preparing for his hike to the peak of Mt Whitney beginning at 4:30am west coast time tomorrow. If I understand correctly by leaving at that time he and his companions will return to the camp by days end. We hope to hear from him the next day. In the meantime my days off this week have been pretty much what I'd hoped for. Casual long breakfasts, worked out at the fitness center Monday and Wednesday mornings. Tuesday afternoon Carol and I went to a movie for the first time since Avatar came out. This time it was Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which I liked much more the first one. Today we went to LL Beans where I bought a new winter jacket, on sale. Afterwords we stopped at the The Cafe at Freeport Inn for lunch or breakfast if you please as Carol ordered brown sugar and maple French toast and myself with a hot Italian sausage and scrambled egg wrap, both meals very tasty, from the specials board. Spent most of the remainder of the afternoon shredding outdated financial documents. Been doing some reading, not as much as I'd like, mainly Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows. Also on my Kindle app I'm reading Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell and on the side so to speak More Than One Universe: the collected short stores of Arthur C. Clark. I expect to finish the first two before retuning to work Tuesday. Another workout in the morning then more cleanup of stuff we don't need. Monday will be Christmas Part 3 of 3 with my sibling's families at Mom's.