catching up at work

As soon as I got back from Memphis, I decided to go visit a member in Pittsburgh. Bert and I drove over on Monday morning the 20th. I met with the boat operators while Bert explored. Its kind of a funny city, all steep hills and houses on those hills. We did find a old brewery with great German food, which we always consider a gold mine any time we find that! Nothing like a good dish of red cabbage. After dinner, we rode one of the Inclines that the city is famous for, which takes you from the river up the hillside where a community is. We stood out on the observation deck, QUICKLY enjoying the view of the city. Had to be quick because it was 22 degrees out with a nice brisk wind, and it was COLD! No sign of spring over there, either, no bulbs, no leaves.

Drove back the "long way" detouring thru Johnstown, PA and made a quick stop at the museum of the Johnstown flood. Very interersting, but we weren't sure why anyone wants to live there in the first place, let alone rebuild it after such a massive flood kind of a gritty industrial place. But, it wasn't a very good day to judge, being cold and gray and still very much winter there. We were glad to cross back into Maryland and Virginia where it is warmer and spring is definitely on the way.

Cherry blossom festival started on Saturday, but so far the stars of the show have not appeared. The Park ranger says the tidal basin will begin to bloom today, and we are expecting warm weather this week, so check out the time lapse photographs at the washington post to see the blossoms. We are going down there this week, after it warms up!

In between all this, I have been taking calls like crazy from members, getting set up to start my radiation, and trying to buy a house. The members are all squared away (for now) the radiation started today, and it looks like we will own a small house by Friday. I go every morning at 7 am to the hospital for my radiation, and today was easy and painfree, so other than not being able to travel anywhere, it should be OK.

Now, if we could only be done with the anticoagulent (sp?) medication, which I appear to be resistant to because it is not working as predicted. But, again, thats still better than chemo!

Ready for warm weather, and everyone is invited to bring a hammer and a wrench and come visit while we remodel. I know EVERYONE will be signing up for that!