Congratulations, Dr.

To the newest doctor in the family: Congratulations! You've had quite a journey getting to where you're at. I'm very impressed with your accomplishment and the dedication it took to get here. Best wishes in joining/starting a practice; if you're looking for patients, then sign me up! I could probably use a good pair of reading glasses.

Florida Fun

Oh, you've got to love Florida. Beautiful beaches, beautiful weather, and a beautiful time. We had a great time on vacation. The weather was perfect on all but one of the days we were there with the sun shining and a nice cool breeze coming off of the Gulf. The one day when it was rainy happened to be the day we were scheduled to go fishing on the intercoastal waterway, so we had to cancel the trip. Hopefully we'll be able to get out and catch some big fish next time.

Midway through vacation I had a packed schedule to get back to k'zoo for some meetings. Actually, I think this was the fullest schedule I've ever had in a 36 hour period. It went something like this:

4:00am Wake up
4:30am Leave for airport
6:20am Fly out of Florida
11:30am Arrive in Kzoo, go change into suit, drive downtown
12:30pm Meetings start
5:30pm Meetings end
5:40pm Awards ceremony starts
11:00pm Awards ceremony ends, sleep
8:30am Drive back downtown
9:00am start my presentation
11:00am finish my presentation, drive home, change back into vacation clothes
12:00pm fly out of Kzoo
3:30pm arrive in Florida
4:10pm walk on the beach!

It was a productive trip home. I won a pretty prestigous award for work and my presentation went very well.

Next up: a two day trip to Cleveland at the end of May followed by a three day trip to Boston in June.