Awake: 6:15am Cloudy Overnight @ Anchorage, AK
I have a physical exam scheduled for 9:00am & we both have eye exams
scheduled, one for 10:45 & one at 11:45. So I drop Kathy off @ a Starbucks
coffee shop on Dimond Blvd just across the street from where we will have
our eyes examined. Then I proceed north on New Seward Hwy & east on DeBarr
Road to the Alaska Regional Hospital, where Dr. Alex has his Suite 22
office.
Traffic moved swiftly this morning....having the timed traffic lights
really makes a difference. In fact, I am 30 min early so I sign in early.
Linda gives me an update profile sheet to fill out & before I know it,
Nancy is calling me into a back room. A few mins after 9:00, Dr Alex
arrives: I've been having my FAA physicals with him since 1992 & now I try
to arrange a yearly physical checkup with him as well. We do some casual
chatting for 15-20 min;his life, mine, travels, interests, etc., then get
with the serious medical talk. Then the urine specimen & blood
sample.....& the tough part; the bill! You thought I was going to say
something else,didn't you?
An hr later, I am back on the road to the Dimond Vision Clinic. I call
Kathy(not while I'm driving) & she is taking the 10:45 time slot which
frees me up to have coffee & breakfast. She suggests 1st the Starbucks,
then Marty's NY Bagel & Deli just 3 blocks West on Dimond for breakfast.
She did good on the recommendations. She ate there earlier while I was at
the doctor and before she hit the Salvation Army and Value Village thrift
stores.
@ 11:30 I report for my eye exam. 1st, the traditional profile update
sheets to fill out, then the young girls lure me into another room where
they use some high tech equipment & test each eye`for astigmatism & other
things I can't remember. Then I follow Dr Steve into the letter reading
chart room with all the corrective lenses & filters. Here Dr Steve & I
also have a casual chat for 15-20 min about his life, mine, family etc.
This is kinda nice. I like Dr Steve a lot. He's very professional & yet,
very human. We've been seeing him(no pun intended) since about 1995 I
think.
Kathy is finished & is carefully selecting new frames. I have elected to
keep my old titanium frames & just replace the lenses. One drawback: they
have to send my frames to Nevada for the new lenses, then ship them to me
when finished. That will take several weeks. Kathy doesn't have standby
glasses to wear, thus the new frames but then again, girls like to change
frames every so often anyway. This whole eye check & frame selection has
taken over 3 hrs for us but....these guys are good.
Next we drive to the Alaska Club to talk with John M. about a short term
membership. John wasn't in so I used their phone to leave a voice msg.
Next we drive to our Credit Union to close out Zack's account here in
Anchorage. I think Zack will like that.
Then @ 5:00pm we have dinner @ one of our old hangouts: Thai Kitchen... &
it's still a favorite. These people also enlarged their eating space &
have more tables available.
We make a library stop for e-mail check before returning to the M & D
condo @ 8:30. Oh yes, John M. did return my call from the Alaska club. He
would like to see me tomorrow & work out a comfortable deal for a short
term membership but he says: "I'm gonna have to get a lotta bucks out of
you"!
Back @ the condo, we both have a beer from the frig & watch the late news.
Lights out: 10:49pm
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