January 19, 1980
Dear Mother, Dad, and Mary,
Hi! Nice talking to you again yesterday, Mother. Hope you are over your cold by now and feeling better. There is quite a bit of flu going around here but we haven't caught it since we've been home. Hope our luck holds out for awhile longer.
This has been our first week back in the routine of Gerry going to work every day. We did OK with all of us getting an earlier start on the day. We stayed up too late on Thursday night when Gerry went to Elks and I went to a Bunco party but we got caught up on our sleep last night. And tomorrow we'll have a day to rest up. At least by Gerry starting on Tuesday he only had a five day work week this week and the same for next week.
Our second stay in Portland for the night was interesting since we stayed in a hotel downtown. We arrived a little after 6:00 p.m. and called a hotel that was in the Mobil Guide but it was filled up so we stayed in a hotel right next door. It was easy to see why it wasn't in the Mobil book. But it was a room. We had supper at the Old Spaghetti Factory which was only a 15 minute walk away. On Monday Gerry's appointment was at 1:30 so we had the morning to look around downtown Portland which we had never done before and then we took the local transit to Milwaukie which was only a 20 minute ride from downtown. We were impressed with the transit system in Portland - it is alot more sophisticated than San Diego's which is the only other one we are really familiar with. After the appointment we went to the Library and then had supper before catching the 6:30 bus back to Madras.
Tuesday morning I had a meeting to plan a five-year program guide for the Jefferson County Extension Service. I am on the consumerism sub-committee. We decided that most people are still interested in the same type of things as the last five years with more emphasis on changing lifestyles due to inflation and new appliances like microwaves!
Tomorrow after church there is going to be a coffee hour to honor two of the oldest members who have birthdays this month. One is 95 and other 92. Both of them women.
Wednesday night our Sunshine Friends, Oma & Millard (the people across the street) had us over for supper. They were real pleased that Wendy was alot friendlier toward them than the last time we had been there.
Well it is about time for Gerry to be home for lunch so I better close. Wendy and I are going to walk back to work with him and do some errands including going to the library to get her some new books to read - she doesn't get tired of the old ones but I do!
I forgot to mention to Gerry your offer about the car. But we will discuss it and I'll let you know.
Love,
Catherine
Gerry
Wendy
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