Re: Zoom birthday party (fwd)

[Noelle <noelle>]

 > From: Nancy Mendelssohn <http://www.gmail.com/~nmendelssohn>
 > Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 10:03:08 -0800
 > 
 >  Hi  -  What  wonderful  idea.   Count  me  in.  You  choose  the  time  and 
 >   invite  me.  I
 >   need  to  be  at  my  Redwood  City  office  on  December  1  because  I  
 >   have  a  visitor
 >   from  one  of  my  brain  tumor  studies  that  day.  So  I’m  not  sure 
 >    what  time  I
 >   will  get  home  since  I  still  take  the  train.  I  will  make  sure  
 >   to  have  my  iPad
 >   with  me  and  can  always  stay  at  my  desk  with   good  Wi-Fi.
 > 
 >  I  forget,  is  this  a  major  birthday?  Doesn’t  matter  you  might  
 >  as  well  enjoy
 >   yourself.
 > 
 >  Thanks  to  your  suggestions  many  months  back,  Ed  and  I  have  been  
 >  enjoying
 >   multiple  virtual  yoga  classes.  I  have  changed  my  diet  multiple  
 >   times  trying  to
 >   make  a  difference  in  my  lab  values,  and  I  have  lost  weight. 
 > 
 >  I  work  at  home  most  of  the  time  and  also  go  into  my  Santa  
 >  Clara  and  Redwood
 >   City  offices  to  meet  patients,  doctors,  or  study  visitors.  We’
 >   ve  only  been
 >   having  in  person  study  visitors  for  the  last  couple  months.  
 >   Prior  to  that  it
 >   was  only  remote.  Some  of  our  study  patients  have  in  person  
 >   appointments.  We
 >   also  do  some  video  visits  on  certain  studies.
 > 
 >  Ed  and  I  took  a  vacation  in  August  when  we  drove  our  car  to  
 >  Yellowstone
 >   national  park.  We  saw  many  people  on  the  road  who  had  rented  
 >   big  RVs.  It’s
 >   actually  a  good  time  to  go  to  major  outdoor  parks  especially  
 >   the  Pinnacles
 >   which  gets  very  hot  in  the  summer  months.  It  may  take  a  little 
 >    bit  of  time  to
 >   get  used  to  driving  a  big  vehicle  since  both  you  and  Robert  
 >   drive  a  small  car
 >   just  like  Ed  and  I.  When  we  went  to  Costa  Rica  last  January  
 >   to  February  we
 >   rented  an  SUV,  which  I  drove.  It  was  different  than  driving  a  
 >   small  car.
 > 
 >  How  is  your  job  going?  Roberts  job  is  OK?  Ed  has  been  able  to  
 >  work  three
 >   football  games,  with  no  fans.  He  did  not  work  any  baseball  
 >   games  however  they
 >   did  send  him  a  small  check  about  once  a  month  during  the  
 >   season.  Ed  has  been
 >   taking  online  college  courses  for  months  now  and  really  enjoying  
 >   them. 
 > 
 >  We  are,  of  course,  overjoyed  with  the  election  results.  Ed  has  
 >  been  so  stressed
 >   out  worrying  about  it  for  days  now.  Ed  wants  to  go  to  an  
 >   outdoor  place  tonight
 >   to  have  a  drink  and  celebrate.  We  will  plan  to  wear  our  
 >   flannel  jeans  and
 >   bring  blankets  for  our  laps.
 > 
 >  Nancy
 > 
 >  >  On  Nov  7,  2020,  at  8:43  AM,  Noelle
 >   <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>  wrote:
 >  > 
 >  >  hi,  how  are  you  doing?  It's  been  a  while.
 >  >  I  decided  to  have  a  Zoom  birthday  party,  which  will  be  Tues.  
 >  >  Dec.  1,
 >  > probably  early  evening.  I'm  asking  what  time  works  best  for  
 >  > people(since  I
 >  > know  people  across  time  zones).
 >  >  We're  going  to  take  a  short  vacation  11/29-12/1,  renting  a  24  
 >  >  ft  RV  and
 >  > staying  at  Pinnacles  campground!
 >  >  Noelle