We made the final leg of the drive back from Iowa City today, leaving West Memphis around 8 a.m. and finally arriving back in Jackson LA around 1:30. Along the way, we stopped in the other Jackson (Jackson, MS) for some coffee at a Barnes and Noble bookstore. In addition to the coffee, we bought a hot-off-the-presses book on Katrina. Of course, it was mostly just photos, but some were quite interesting. I guess that, for us, it was mainly more of a souvenir more than anything else. All-in-all, despite the surgery and the 28 hours of driving, the last few days felt rather like a vacation. By 3:00, though, we were back in our little office at the hospital going full blast until I was rescued by the director who rides bikes and wanted to go for a little spin after work. We managed to get in about 20 miles just before dark, and it felt sooooo good to be on the bike again! On the way back I got on the front and pulled for a long time. I guess I was a little uncomfortable because it was starting to get dark and I hate riding in the dark, especially when I don't have a light.
It will be another busy week. A trip into New Orleans on Wednesday (we may actually drive in tomorrow evening) with Psychiatry to retrieve more stuff from the offices there, and a conference call I will somehow have to squeeze in at 2 p.m. Then on Thursday I have to be at a meeting up in Baton Rouge. My brother is driving in from Orlando with my mom on Friday, so it will be back to N.O. to spend the weekend working on her rental house, ripping out sheetrock and carpet and that sort of thing so that it can all dry out. I am hoping that I will find that power has been restored to my house. That would be nice. Very nice.
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