Well, here we are. After 40 years we are still the very best of friends. I love this woman more than anyone could ever guess. She is the most wonderful person to know. And to be able to call her one of my "best friends" means that I am more privileged than others as I know her so well that I "feel" our friendship. She is the same person I met over 40 years ago and at the same time she is totally different. It's like remodeling....the "bones" are the same but the decor changes over time. Still the same address, just a different place. This picture was taken at a diner we ate at in San Francisco, CA in October 2010. Linda ran a half marathon called the Nike Women's Marathon that is a fund raiser for cancer. She ran it in my honor and raised over $2400! She bought my ticket down to Sacramento and then she, Jerry (her husband who I love also), and I drove to San Francisco for the run. We stayed at the Westin in Union Square where the race headquarters were. We shopped at Macy's, had a blast visiting and just had a good time seeing each other. I always feel so good mentally/emotionally when I am around Linda. I love to make her laugh and am pretty good at it if I must say so myself. She is easy to make laugh and her laugh is contagious. She is now a nurse for Kaiser after about 25 years of working for a Kaiser Dr (I think that's how it goes?) and she is an excellent nurse. She flew to Vegas after my surgery and "nursed" me back to health and it was wonderful! She always cooks for me the best food a person can eat! She's just the best of the best. When we were at her home she whipped up some really tasty, very healthy drinks that I loved and so I came home and went out and bought a juicer type blender to make these healthy drinks with and without me knowing it she had ordered me one of the "Vitamix" blenders that are huge expensive but the best blender to make these smoothies with as they will mix the entire whole food into a drink. You get the benefit of the entire food. Which is what I need due to my intestinal issues. She spent about $500 (I"m guessing) on this blender for me so I could be healthier. What a wonderful person she is when it comes to doing as she does. She walks the walk and her mouth never overloads her ass! hehe!! I am learning how to make all kinds of goodies with this blender. It even makes HOT soup!!! Can you believe that???? Well, I can. Thank you again Linda for the blender. It is amazing! I need to eat so I will stop here. Just needed to check in with this thing as I have not written in a while. Told people in Vegas that I died and want it that way. Vegas did nothing but try to take my life on a daily basis. Vegas and the people I knew there do not interest me any longer. One day I may go into it in detail but not today. Bye for now.