Giving a Helping Hand

My mom is in town and today she had successful Carpal Tunnel Surgery on her right hand. She had the left hand done a couple of years ago and now she has a complete set…

Things went pretty quick. We got to St. Mary’s around 6:00 am and I had her home by 10:00 am.

And as always, everyone on staff was very kind and helpful to my mom and made her feel very special. Thank you... We really are lucky to have a facility like Mayo so close by.

Easter

I hope everyone had a good Easter weekend. Amy and I visited my mom and some of my family in Southern Illinois. It’s about 600 miles from Rochester and with Amy living in Dallas I haven’t gotten down to see her as much as I would like so this weekend was special.

On Saturday my mom and I went to St. Louis to pick up Amy from the airport and since we where in St. Louis I took the opportunity to see my friend Lloyd at his rink. Lloyd and I where roommates in college and he was also the best man at our wedding.

That night Amy and I hooked up with a high school friend of my dad’s, Jack. Jack took us to a private bar. Swipe card and all, called the Buccaneer. They have 402 members and beers are only $1.50… This is in a town of about 3,000.. Oh, and we asked Jack if we could join.. He said no…

Sunday, Amy and I went to church with my mom, Aunt Gayla and her grandchildren. Yes… I went to church and no one got struck by lightning… My mom also worked on the Easter display, pictured above.

April Fool!!!!

You have new Picture Mail!, originally uploaded by Rich on the Road.

16 Degrees!!!!! It's Freaking April!!!!

Deez Nuts Over Big "D"

Here's the latest news on the McIntosh’s’…

It was reported in March that I was going to leave my job and join Amy in Dallas mid April until August where we would both return to Rochester upon Amy completing her fellowship. Then I would seek an employment opportunity in Rochester.

Well, that’s changed. A terrific opportunity has presented itself to me allowing me stay with my employer and relocate my daily duties to Rochester. It may not sound like all that and a bag of chips… But… I have been driving and hour (each way) to and from work for about 6 years now (that’s 500 hours per year or about 3,000 hours over the last 6 years)… If you work 40 hours a week that’s only 2,000 hours. Dude! That’s a lot of blogging time…

Now, when Amy returns to Rochester in August we will have more opportunities to see each other. We may even have lunch from time to time, which we have never had the opportunity to do during the work week, ever…

Photogenic or Psychotic?

I don’t care what you say. I think it’s moments like these that make you want to vote for Mrs. Clinton….

I think this maybe the reaction Bill got for the Mrs. when he offered her a cigar….

Here’s the caption:

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York reacts to seeing and old friend during a campaign stop at the National Education Association New Hampshire, in Concord, N.H., Friday, March 30, 2007