Monday for the Travelin' Man

Today is supposed to be the best chance of rain all week. I sincerely hope it's true! It looked like rain several times, but nothing throughout the day. I did check the weather maps and it seems to be raining in Detroit and the northern suburbs, but not here.

I had to leave work at 2:30 PM and head to Richmond. I have a doctor's appointment. Wouldn't you know it, as soon as I got onto I-696, it started raining, hard! Curious, I called back to work but, still no rain!

Anyway, I got to Richmond early enough to stop by the Smoke House and get a supply of hunter's sausage. Then, I kept my appointment with the doctor.

Turns out everything is fine and, in some cases, even better than last time. She was very pleased with her decision to go with Lipitor as opposed to the generic drug, as my glycated hemoglobin (A1C) test results went from 7.4% down to 6.9%. BTW, this blood test indicates your average blood sugar level for the past two to three months. Generally, a target A1C result for a Type 2 Diabetic is 7 percent or less.

We had a discussion regarding me coming once a year, like I used to with Dr. McClellan, versus the current every three months. We compromised on every six month. She also wanted me to take a stress test, since the last one I had was back in 2000. So, I agreed and they set one up for late next week.

It was about 5:15 PM when I got out of there. I thought I'd drop by my Mother's before they eat (she told me they eat at 6:00 PM) and hand deliver the Blog and the box of tea I'd bought (I rarely drink tea, you see). But, when I got there about 5:30, they were already eating and I had interrupted their supper. My Mom seems fine and the big news of the day is that several of her neighbors, and her, are going in on paying for having the seaweed removed from in front of the cottages. I left so she could get back to dinner and headed home.

I got home about 6:45 PM and didn't even need to check the rain gauge as the dust on my dirt road was still visible after my car passed. I was beat from the drive, so I changed clothes, got the trash ready to go tomorrow morning, fixed a plate of tuna salad and went in to watch TV. I shut it off and went to sleep at 10:00 PM.