Sunday afternoon included a trip to Earl's bike shop to drop off our bikes for service. We should have done this before going to Arizona. The estimated wait time is until June 4 - springtime causes people to get out and use their bikes in the good weather.
Sunday was Mothers Day. Martha and Ben invited us to their house and Martha made a most wonderful dinner for us. We had a fine evening of food and family.
Monday was around the house, and Patty had to work in the afternoon. I fasted overnight and went to Good Health Lab for blood work Tuesday morning. The phlebotomist could not get the needle in right on the left arm, so we had to tape that up and then a successful try again on the right arm.
Tuesday continued to be a busy day, with driving Patty to work in Colchester, then driving to Johnson State College for meetings with payroll for paperwork, public safety to get new parking permit, FYS office to get the new common book for fall 2013 and then a lunch meeting with Henrique Cezar to discuss the upcoming trip to Brazil. Then I drove to the Habitat ReStore in Williston, and discovered that their truck was having the windshield replaced. Since Patty would need to use the car Wednesday, I took a ReStore truck key with me. Went home and walked Shadow, then drove to Colchester to pick Patty up. We then drove to the windshield store, and I drove the truck home. This would allow me to drive the truck to the ReStore Wednesday and leave the car for Patty to use - we have to plan more now that we have only one car to share. Here is the truck parked at our condo.
Tuesday evening was a very special event for our son. Ben was elected by his classmates and inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society at the UVM College of Medicine. We got to attend the College of Medicine Awards Banquet where he was recognized with the other inductees to the Honor Society. These are the questions asked of the members of the class of 2014, and by which 15 students were selected for induction:
1. Classmates you'd like to have work at your side in a medical emergency
2. Classmates who best fit "the secret of good patient care lies in caring for the patient"
3. Classmates shown exceptional interest in service to their communities
4. Classmates best choices for a highly desired residency
5. Classmates you'd want as doctor for you or a loved one
6. Classmates with best listening skills with patients
Needless to say, we are all impressed with Ben's progress in medical school and know that he will be a fine physician.
Before heading off to the ReStore on Wednesday, I walked Shadow - zoom in on the photo to see the sign.
Wednesday was a relatively easy day at Habitat and I was done by 2:00. Thursday was my day to walk: 1.0 mile with Shadow; 2.7 miles to Mirabelles to have breakfast with Ben; 0.3 miles to Riteaid drug store; 1.5 miles to the Lakeside campus of Champlain College to meet the CPS staff; 1.5 miles to main campus of Champlain to meet with MSL director (who was busy and so we did not meet); 1.5 miles to Barnes and Noble to have coffee with David Don and then lunch with Terry Bailey; 0.5 miles to Good Health for my annual physical; and 2.0 miles home. Good exercise on a beautiful spring day.
Friday I was back at Habitat and found that the schedule had changed. Instead of Assistant Manager Dan driving and me helping, I would drive and have a new volunteer, Kirk B., with me. Kirk is a retired teacher and several years older than me, but still in good physical condition. It turned out to be the busiest day I have ever had with Habitat. We went flat out for 8 plus hours, without time to stop for lunch.
Saturday was packing and getting ready for Brazil. You can find more about that on my Brazil blog: tomstriptobrazil.blogspot.com.
As always, make the most of today and every day.
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