Ensconced on Pooks Hill...once again!

Everything pretty much has gone like clockwork today.  We got up early and headed out a little before six due to there being fog...and trying to get ahead of morning rush hour traffic on the beltway.  The fog was there, but above car level...so didn't cause a visibility problem.  We were driving into the gate at NIH by 6:30am...they seem to be opening the gates earlier which helped us tremendously.  We parked in perfect spot...just opposite the door we go into.  We headed straight to the lab and Woody was the third of the morning to get his lab work done.  Then we settled into some comfortable chairs and waited for 9am to roll around. I read and dozed a bit.  Then we headed upstairs to the CT waiting area.  Woody was pretty quickly called to get his "drink" and then it wasn't all that long till he was called back...that was the end of "quick."  He found out after he got back to the waiting are that they had had an emergency that morning so were way behind.  He finally showed up back in the waiting area where I was a little before noon.  We then decided to eat in the cafeteria there and decide if we wanted to head out in the car and give up our good parking space.  We finally decided to just wait out our time at NIH till we could take a shuttle and check in at the hotel.  Woody was very pleased to find out that his creatinine level was at a good level once again...and they stressed that he needed to drink a LOT...so we stayed there...close to a bathroom...and he was good and drank!  The time went by quickly...reading and talking to patients.  Tomorrow we will check out from here and head back to NIH on the shuttle.  Once there I will turn in reimbursement vouchers.  He already picked up his medication...so that got done during our wait today.  Then we will wait till it is time for the clinic after lunch.  As soon as we see the research team and they are finished with us we will get back on the road and head back toward TN. So I will be blogging somewhere between Bethesda and Tullahoma tomorrow night.