It was my first day of break and I decided to do some errands before sinking into complete mindlessness. First, Paul Dimaggio and I went to the library to leave a gift for Leslie Berger who had come to our class. Leslie wasn't there so we left the gift with Judy Feldman. Next, we drove through the traffic and ran into Raimund and Claire on the way which amused Suzanne until we got to Joe Canal's where the sign suggested that they were expanding though our purchases emptied the store a lot. Jane and Ben were waiting for these hors d'ouevers to get cooked the salad to get made and the chicken to be ready though Suzanne seemed happy just to have the table set as Jeff Nunokawa and Sarah sat down for the meal and eventually the dessert after which John and Jane came for Xmas discussions.