Dec 7 - long day

These conference calls make for long days as they run until well after 10pm and since I'm up at my usual time ...

So first off, I got a note from my urologist that the MRI was clean.  I checked with Jason and his colonoscopy was clean.  Old people talk about Dr's appointments; it's what we do.

It was a million email day.  The RUSA Board members tend to send out updates on various activities just before the meeting.  That's great but it's a lot for a newbie to absorb all at once but no one has had a real chance to read and process so the conference calls tend to be a rehash. 

The RUSA president, Rob Hawks resigned -- we knew that was happening going in; no surprise, and lots of conversations had taken place; this was the formal step.  He not only resigned as Pres, but also his Board position, which has 13 more months to run.  Mark Thomas, an outgoing member, had been tasked with proposing someone to fill the slot, which is what is done when a vacancy happens and the board then votes on the replacement. 

Paul, Nigel and I are newbies -- not only are we newbies, but our terms don't start until January 1.  Of course that didn't stop me from jumping in a few times; I find it hard to keep my mouth shut.  My family can attest to that !  I'm not really opinionated ... right.

During the meeting, Paul and I kibitzed through email.  It reminded me of work.  I was drinking coffee, participating in multi conversations.  Paul handles it better; he was drinking Scotch  !

I went for my second longish walk with the army boots (hiking boots).  The first time, it took a couple of days for my hips and shins to recover, as the walking is more clumping-ish.  This time, no issues that I can detect.  I'm almost broken in, well not really.  I will get out for some more walks but won't try and keep up to Sandy !

I think that we're delaying out departure by a day; heading out on Monday, getting to the cottage on Wednesday.  I have mixed feelings about that as it's going to be cold in the cottage and I've got a conference call that night (Randonneurs Ontario).  I don't know what we're going to find up there vis-a-vis electronics, as the thermostat, computer and security system aren't communicating.  Have they all been fried ?  I certainly hope not.  If it wasn't for that unknown, I might opt to leave Florida on Thursday.

Today ... Jessica last session for this year ... ride ?  don't know.  I do have to get in another ride or two before heading north.  Tomorrow is supposed to be quite cool, high of 61; then it gets warmer.

I had Dr. Wendy (chiro) for the last session of the year (lots of lasts) and I've got Dr. Keller tomorrow a.m. for my annual physical.  Other than the potential shoulder surgery, that about wraps up the planned and almost planned Dr visits for this season.

I have to swap rims, putting on my snow tires.  I've got a little tool on order that's supposed to screws into one of the bolt holes and allows me to hang a wheel to make it easier to do the change.  The thread is different than standard metric threaded rod, naturally, but similar to other cars; I found a chart as I was investigating this.

What else ... enough for now.

Onward !