I'm back in the city for a couple days, so any information about my dad will be relayed from Al or my mom. Latest news, he's still got the chest tube. And actually, he's still only 1st day post-op, considering how late he had the surgery on Monday.

Tracy and I will be headed back out on Saturday. Nicole flew in this morning, and leaves tomorrow, and Al will be leaving Friday, and dad seemed pretty stable, so I headed back in with Tracy. In other unimportant notes, we've been doubling up on restaurants more, hitting Brunch Cafe in Barrington two consecutive mornings. Also ate at Portillo's one night, so been eating a lot, relatively. And drinking a surprising amount of coffee, when I stop to think about it.