Christmas in July

Woody got up early to beat the heat and walked four miles. i got up and did a little of this and a little of that. I just realized that I forgot to put the load of wash in the drier...guess I'll do that in an hour when it isn't high usage time for TVA. Late morning we headed off to meet our friends, Linda and Doyle Hasty, and their four grandchildren. Two of their grandchildren live next door to them and the other two live in Kentucky so the four aren't here at the same time very often. Last year I took their picture for their Christmas card and today attempted to do the same for their card this year. We went to the Tullahoma Greenway and walked to a bridge that goes over the creek. Tonight's photo is at the end of the photo session when the children headed off to check out the creek (where I stood for part of the pictures). And, you know, that if I stood in it, there wasn't much water running in it! They all looked very festive in their bright red shirts. It wasn't quite as hot as yesterday as it was overcast, but it was still quite humid. This afternoon while I was going through choosing and editing the pictures, I was surprised by a loud "crack." At first I thought that a transformer had blown, but then soon realized that it was thunder. The thunder and lightning did bring us a pretty heavy shower for a few minutes. I know that the gardens were glad for the drink...though Woody did water some this morning...guess the plants in those were doubly glad! Woody made quinoa burgers this afternoon. We will be heading off to Vanderbilt tomorrow. Woody's appointments are a bit later than usual. Originally they had been early but when Dr. Sosman was going to be away, they had to be rescheduled with his nurse practitioner. Thus we didn't have much say as to their time. I hope that we don't end up having to drive in evening rush hour...time will tell...but at least we will miss morning rush hour. Tomorrow he will find out the results of his PET scan and MRI that he had last week. And, he will have the usual labs and, unless something unexpected comes up, he will have another Keytruda infusion. To date he has had twelve Keytruda infusions.