Boy's Night Out with Mike

On Wednesday night Mike, Jack Fuchs (husband of Lisa Segre Fuchs -- classmate at Tuck) and I had dinner together at Ola's in downtown Burlingame. My daughters Britney and Kelsey babysat Devon and Isabel, along with a bonafide sitter.

Mike was well. He's living on a highwire, dashing back to MN for a week, then returning to Burlingame on alternating weeks. (Bonnie's parents are in MN when Mike is in Burlingame.) We had big margaritas, and I heard lots of stories of Mike and Jack's summer jobs at Goldman Sachs (fifteen years ago), which means we spent plenty of time not talking about Bonnie. I'll do a shout-out to Langley Steinert, who we all noted had been one of the most positive thinkers in contemplating Bonnie's treatment. Nice reminder on the power of positive thinking. The margaritas, beer and conversation were all good decompression for Mike.

On the other hand, Mike certainly has a lot of perspective on life -- the importance of friends and family when confronted by life and death situations. Plenty of heavy stuff to contemplate.

For the record, we were back by 8:30 and Isabel and Devon were asleep by 8:31 p.m. (That's our story and we're sticking to it.)