Entry for May 14, 2007

See a photo of me above. This was taken at VFW, Dad's veteran club, Sat night, 5/12/07.

Thank goodness, the smoky air is gone since last week. I don't smell bad anymore. I smell a fresh air when I opened the door few times today. Great. I am hoping it won't be coming back but I heard a wildfire had been spotted again in the south of our county. The lightning did it yesterday.
Last Sat night, I went to a VFW party in Daytona Beach. My Dad invited me there. The food is good. Smelling cigarettes everywhere made me uncomfortable. Yuck! I wanted to go outside for a fresh air but Dad said the dinner party would start in 10 minutes. Okay. I can't wait to get out of there but I have had to be patient. And then we moved to another room in that building. A loud music bothered Dad. He complained. Dad told a man to turn the music down. He can't stand it. Minutes later, a woman told the same man to turn the volume down. I finally went outside after I finished eating the last meal, a cake. I was so relieved when I got out of the building and saw a beautiful sunset about going down. On the way back to my place where Dad was going to drop me off, I noticed there's a smoke coming out of somewhere and police blocked the street where Dad was driving on from drivers and us so Dad diverted to another street.
I finally called my mom thru a relay service in the computer and my uncle's phone number on Mother's Day at around lunch time yesterday. Mom is still in PA. I attempted calling her on the cell phone twice but the message said she's not available so I asked Dad in the fax if he have my uncle's phone number few hours before. I got a fax and did call Mom. Uncle Bill answered it and realized it's me so he handled his phone to Mom. I said to Mom thru a relay service, "Happy Mother's Day!" and we talked about things personally. I felt better when I talked to her.
Found out my youngest brother, David, and his wife, Nhat, were going on a Bahamas and Cozumel cruise vacation last Friday. They will be coming home today. I can't believe it. It is their first time.