Saturday, November 21 Saturday was a busy day, too. I was excited about visiting Alcatraz. To be honest, I really didn’t know much at ALL about Alcatraz—I just knew it used to be a prison, it was on an island, and I knew that people had tried to escape from it. Lol. I woke up probably about 7:30 on Saturday, but Mom was still asleep. I knew she needed it, so I made sure to be extra quiet and just let her sleep however long. It’s not very often that she can sleep later like that…or even get a good night’s sleep in general. I got ready for the day so that by the time she woke up, we’d have a head start. I think she slept til about 9:30, which was great! We didn’t need
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