Good Company is the Best Way to Start a New Week. Sporadic, Collegiate Lunches for the Rescue.

I missed Dr. Eileen O'Shea's Wall Award lecture last week, where she discussed her research on palliative care with children who have cancer. I met Eileen on Rank & Tenure, and quickly learned to appreciate her still waters, deep humor, brilliance, and faith in doing good for others, especially young people who are suffering. Quality of life is what she's always been after as a nurse. 

Since I had to miss Eileen's lecture, she suggested we get lunch at Sophies on the Brick Walk in Fairfield, which was a great choice because the lunch was amazing (and oddly inexpensive...foo foo for less than a drive-thru burger...crazy). I had mussels as an appetizer. Always love my mussels.

It was wonderful to catch up, to be inspired, to talk ideas, and to vent frustrations with a colleague I cherish, admire, respect, and need to counter the insanity in what we do. The fact that we also got great food on a Monday was a bonus. I could talk to her for hours.

The rest of the day was meetings...meetings...and meetings. And today it's teaching, so onward, Tuesday. Here we go again. 

Ah, but the skies are blue. There isn't snow like there is in Syracuse and Rochester, and for now I have no clean up in aisle 5. The cardiac doctor's office in upstate NY, however...that's a different story. Butch bursted onto the scene once again.