2,222nd Post = Good Vandy Report

We got underway around 6am...Woody's first appointment wasn't until 9am, but we never know what kind of traffic snarl we might get into due to rush hour traffic. As you can see we did have a bit of fog for a while, but it lifted quickly. Today, not long after we got on the interstate we heard on the radio about a couple of accidents up ahead of us and Woody decided to go a different way...so left the interstate and wended out way over to I-65...a longer way and pretty congested to boot. But we made it in plenty of time...though what can only take 1 1/2-1 3/4 hours took us 2 hours and 20 minutes. After getting his name into the system everything went like clock-work. All apointments started either a bit early or right on time. He continues to do well in the eyes of his doctors. He was scheduled to see Dr. Sosman's nurse practitioner today and I guess it was a good thing as Dr. Sosman was out sick. And, amazingly enough the Keytruda came from the pharmacy in record time. He was seated in his infusion chair at 11:OO (the exact time of his appointment) and we left at noon...if only all his appointment days could run so smoothly! Since it had cleared up and was a very pretty day, we did a bit of exploring in downtown Nashville.

While he was having his infusion we looked up directions on the iPad as to how to get to Bicentenial Park

and Nashville's Farmers' Market (these two places are adjacent to one another...once you find a parking place you can go to both).

We were successful in finding a couple of items that we had been searching for...one was ground fennel (Kathy and Nathan, you can stop helping us in our search!). We found that in the international market/food court area...so I once again have ground fennel to cook with. We ate in the food court...chose to eat cajun and had chicken and sausage gumbo...so I could compare it to my recipe...I still choose mine over theirs...but theirs was very good.

After eating we went in search for English thyme for my cedar planter that Woody had Nathan and Graham build for me. We were successful in finding some very nice plants. We also got several pimiento pepper plants...a new plant for us to try to grow. We headed on down the road after exploring around the area a bit...we got home around 3:30pm. We even felt like doing a little gardening. I helped weed the place where we were going to plant the thyme and pimento. That's the dirtiest I've gotten my hands in a while...I don't fall into the gardener category...but the herb bed really looks good with the thyme, chives we planted last week and the pepper plants. Woody has walked to the prayer room at church. And, now I will end this 2,222nd post (can you imagine!)with a BIG happy birthday to our younger child, Nathan. I won't say how old he is as that would give away too much about his parents' ages! Let's just say that there is no way that we could possibly have a child his age and another two years older! Time does fly...when we are having fun and even when we're not! Nathan, hope that your day has been filled with LOTS of celebrating...I'm sure that Kathy and your seven little and big ones have seen to it that you celebrated royally!