For Whom the Bell Tolls

These three items seem to be very important to our lives at the moment. Seems like we are always waiting for one or another of them to ring. The silver one on the lower left is one of a set that belongs to the neighbors (Nathan and family). This one resides at our house so we can page back and forth between houses when needs arise. At the moment I am placing it near me when I go to sleep...just in case baby Dorrell decides to make a night entrance. The one at the top is our land-line phone and it rings whenever and fairly frequently. The one on the bottom right is our cell phone. We have only recently caught up with the rest of the world with this technology...still not used to it! But I must admit that it does come in handy and definitely has its place in our lives now...well, at least mine...not sure that Woody knows how to answer it! Well, I take that back, I do know that he answered it once. It doesn't ring very much...mainly family and once in a while a doctor or nurse.

Well, a few hours ago our land-line phone rang and it was Dr. Sosman's research nurse. She had appointments set up for Woody to get all sorts of tests run prior to him starting the double blind drug study. He will have those all done Wednesday afternoon and probably on into the evening! She said that she "hoped" that we would be away by 6:30 Wed. evening...we'll see...not going to hold my breath! So the ball is really rolling now, as the drug study has to start within 14 days of the lab work, scans, etc.

While I typed this blog, the pager phone (and the land-line when I didn't answer the pager) went off...Kathy had spotted a deer in our backyard...but due to wrong lens, memory stick not in the camera but in the computer to transfer a picture for this blog, etc. the opportunity got away this time. I think that this deer and others are regular visitors now so I'm pretty sure that another opportunity will arise.

I think that Woody has had a pretty good day. And, what a beautiful day it has been here in Middle TN! He went to work, walked at lunch, and came home to relax. He decided to make his banana oat bran muffin recipe and he hadn't made them in so long that he had to get the recipe out. He unloaded the dishwasher and washed the dishes by hand that he had used to make the muffins...even wiped off the kitchen counter. No TV signal this evening for us, so he has spent the rest of the evening reading.