Today things finally started looking up for me, health-wise. I got a good night's sleep and woke up feeling much better. Of course, I was still weak and even a chore as simple as dressing myself and washing up left me feeling exhausted and beat, but at least I had a bit more energy and a bit more of an appetite. I still can't eat full-sized meals but I'm eating more than I was this entire week. I'm sure I've lost a few pounds from not being able to eat much all week.

I slept in while Allan and Todd walked around the hotel grounds and hung out in the hotel room this morning, then rested while they went to lunch and brought me back a to-go box from IHOP. Then naptime yet again before getting ready to head to San Rafael and meet Allan's old high school friend, Benn, for dinner with his wife.

Whereas we crossed the Bay Bridge last night on our way into SF, this time we went across the Golden Gate Bridge. Of course, it was typical SF weather and too foggy at the bay to really see much. We drove through parts of downtown on Lombard St (not the winding parts, though!), and passed by the most beautiful and ornate City Hall I'd ever seen.

We met Benn and Kristin for dinner at a Chinese restaurant, where the boys promptly bored the girls to death with endless geeky chatter about computers and code and whatnot. Our server was a sweet lady who took to Todd as if he were her grandson, and really doted on him. Luckily he wasn't too shy and responded to her all on his own when she came by and asked him questions :-) I managed to eat a fair bit of dinner, too, not as much as I usually do, but more than before, so it's an improvement.

After dinner we headed back to our hotel and collapsed, too tired to do much else but relax and watch some TV. Tomorrow we are heading back to Santa Barbara, thankfully it's only a 6-hour drive. And I am sooooo looking forward to sleeping in my own bed again!