Clayton is enjoying being back home and getting in some swimming lessons at our neighborhood pool. He's doing well.... Peggy has seen her primary doctor who referred her to an ENT. She's now seen the ear doctor and he wants an MRI to rule out a possible tumor. His diagnosis at this time is leaning towards Meniere's Syndrome, a malfunction of fluid in the inner ear. I have that so we know that's treatable and manageable. We'll be grateful if that's all this is. The MRI is the 6th so we'll report after that.
On a sad note, a colleague, Rick from SACU (from whom I retired) was killed in an auto accident yesterday. Just a sudden loss of a friend who was a couple of years away from retirement and who was really looking forward to it. I went by work today and visited with a lot of my work friends. Something about a tragedy like this makes you want to re-connect with your "family".
I have to say that this is one of the unexpected impacts of retirement. Leaving people behind with whom you've worked and spent so many years is harder than I thought. I'm not sure there's a solution for it...
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Knox,
You are so right - all of us still at SACU have been devastated by Rick's death. Several of us talked by telephone yesterday with an Express-News reporter who called "because they had received a number of emails saying what an incredible individual Rick Parr was. We thought we needed to find out more about him." This provided a great forum for all of us to share the special things we loved about Rick. I shared your kind words about him with the reporter too. It's just hard to express what a loss Rick's passing will be in all our lives.
Take time from your retirement to visit us again soon. We all miss you SO much!
Paige
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