January 15, 2024

Monday January 15, 2024

Today is Daughter Debbie’s Birthday.  It is also a national holiday, Martin Luther King’s birthday.

We arrived in San Jose on January 4, 2024.  We left a gloomy cool Grand Rapids, high temps in 30s.  The weather in San Jose has been better than GR.  Highs in low 50s and morning temps in 40s.  Today the high was 55 and tomorrow we will wake up to 46.   Checked today’s GR morning temp and it was 10.  BRR!  

We have established a routine in SJ.  Up at 0730 I take Debbie’s two dogs for a mile walk.  After the walk,  Nancy and I walk to Yum Yum Donuts for breakfast.  It is 0.70 miles to Yum Yum.  

We drink our coffee and eat our treats before heady home. Today we changed our routine.  We walk to Starbucks for coffee and a bagel.  Starbucks is same distance as Yum Yum.  I get coffee and a bagel.  Nancy gets a scone.

Every day about noon I take a 9 mile bike ride.  I started riding my old single speed Nishiki that I shipped to SJ several years ago.  

The bike has a very short wheel base, 29”, and narrow tires. However, after several days I found that my balance has declined.  I kept crashing into the chain link fence that lines the very narrow bike path located under the freeways.  It was embarrassing when fellow bike riders came to my aid. 

I switched to Debbie’s bike which has five speeds and a 31”wheel base.  A big improvement.

We have only eaten out 3 times since we arrived.  Debbie has been fixing Dinner usually meat and a salad.  Tonight will be an exception. We will eat at Panera.  Sound familiar.

Tonight after watching the news we watched the “Chelsea Detective” on Brit box.  I have not kept up with the news since arriving.  Prince Harry, Taylor Swift, and of course Trump dominates.