Wednesday! Driving MS Sharon, DeJaVu!

Bulli goes "grocery" shopping! Pups have to eat, too!

Yesterday was so NON-eventful that it would have put you to sleep, even before it did me while trying to write it, so I was kind to all and left it unsaid! You can thank me now or later, your choice!

With that in mind, we changed up the pace a little today and did some NORMAL things. Sharon was in dire need of a change of scenery again. To scratch that itch, and to satisfy a taste that had been building on my palate, I plugged in "Catfish" into Jill, the GPS and found a little cafe called, The Reel Thing Catfish Cafe in the nearby town of Allen. It was worth the drive! Darn good catfish! (I think this one is worthy of an entry on my food blog. < http://nashvillejoesculinaryobservations.blogspot.com/ if you're interested. Nothing special about that blog, but it helps me remember some of the places I like and remember some of those I want to forget!)

It was around a 20 mile drive up to Allen and that got some new pictures in her windshield. She'll likely be good to go now for a few more days before total boredom sets in for her.

Things are slowly falling into place to get us back to Nashville. Tomorrow, she has the first of the "exit" visits with the doctors. The appointment tomorrow is with Dr Baum, the infectious disease specialist. It is Dr Baum that has the responsibility to eliminate the fungal growth and it is she that will set up the Nashville connection for the drug application once we arrive there. We hope and pray that the indicators she reads from the blood tests will allow her to give us the "Go" for our trip home. Next Wednesday, a week from today, she has an appointment with Dr Emerson. It is he that will have to give the final word on our return. They both could easily say that they want another week to monitor things. We'll see what we will see!

While we were out to have our main meal of the day, we made another stop or two. One of them was for Sharon to have one of her "Fruit Cups!" Refer back a few blog pages if you don't recall her definition of "fruit cup!" The other stop was for Bulli to get some groceries. He seems to know when we get to one of those places (PetsMart) and knows that he is welcome to go to do his own shopping there! I put one of his "blankies" in the bottom of the cart and he proudly rides through the store with his little visual radar in full scan! He was funny today when we momentarily paused by the "Cat Display Case!" The glare of the light kept him from seeing them initially and, since he was only about 2 feet away from the cages, three or four cats came over and stared at him! He turned and saw that many cats looking at him from their slightly elevated higher than him position and for a moment, I thought he was going into full song! His little lips were pursed ready to let out a full blat of bark at them. I told him not to bark, and suprisingly enough, he held it! He did find it somewhat disturbing that there were cats in HIS store! He grumped under his breath as we drove away! One of the clerks saw what was happening and got no small amount of amusement from it, although she was obviously a concerned "cat person!"

A side note: I bought diesel fuel today for UNDER $4! First time since we left on our trip last April!

Cheers!

Joe