Many of you were not expecting anything to be written this past week till today, but we sneaked some in on you when things starting happening. The end of the week was less eventful, thankfully, on the health, antibiotic infusion part. The rest of the time after the mess on Monday, was pretty smooth sailing. Today had a funny note, but the infusion went well.
The Out-Patient services put in a standing order for me for a milkshake with boost of Glucerna added to chocolate ice cream, two scoops. Yesterday went without a glitch and the kitchen provided my shake. Something got lost from yesterday to today, and first they brought a bottle of Glucerna with a cup, no shake. The people in Med-Surg sent it back requesting a shake. What came next was the Glucerna in a cup with ice as the base. Finally, the third time was a charm, but it was only 10 minutes before I ended for the day. I drank a bit and took the rest with me for the trip home. We’ll see if tomorrow the kitchen gets it right the first time.
The other nice thing that happened today was a visit with friends, now in Rockville, MD who we have known a very long time – since starting at the Univ. of Idaho as an undergraduate student, going on through to a Masters, and being involved with me while a GIS manager on the west side, by employing several of my students as interns. He and his family flew to Seattle, rented a car, and were driving over to Spokane, when they stopped off for lunch and a visit with us. We met them at the Deli at Super One in town. That was a good choice because the town is inundated with rodeo and fair goers and all major restaurants probably were packed.
The rest of our last couple of days was filled with moving hay (John), and playing with the puppy, who has taken a liking to the sofa in the den. He actually made it halfway through the night in the washroom, went out to “pee” at about 2:30, and spent the rest of the night till morning, happily sleeping on the sofa with his mom.
We do not have any special plans for labor day so doubt there will be any blogs till next weekend, but that’s what we said last week. So we will not speak ahead and just keep you informed if anything big happens.
Much of my time this past week was spent on email, contacting former students and workers who employed my students to invite them to my retirement party. If you didn’t get an invite and are interested, let me know by email (nancyh@ellensburg.com) and I will send you the invite, knowing you cannot come but might just be interested in seeing the celebration the Geography Department has planned for me, Oct 2, Saturday afternoon.
Former students have responded by email with some good memories that make my day. There are comments from them about their connection to me (and John) that I would never have known. There will be a memories book at the reception, for people to write in, and they also can send to our secretary, for her to include in the memory book. I hope she will just print the emails and save herself the effort of writing in the book, and just slip them in the back. Otherwise it might be an impossible task.
Other things have happened this week, on the minor side, but major in my book. John had planted some tomatoes, but our temps have been low and the winds high, so we had broken plants and not a lot of ripe tomatoes. Yet, this week he has harvest a few small ones and they are wonderful, tasting like tomatoes. What a concept ! [from jfh, We have had many clear-sky nights and at 2,240 feet elevation the night temperature will and has dropped well below 50o F. Tomatoes hate that.]
I’m sure I left something out, but not to worry, there is another week. Thank you for your phone calls and birthday and get well cards.
Have a nice week, and we will try to do the same. I still have till September 28 to go daily to the hospital for the infusions, which have decreased this week from two to only one – 30 min., Rochephin.
See you on the blog hopefully only next weekend. Nancy