1. I blasted over to Coeur d'Alene this morning to meet a 9:30 appointment at North Idaho Dermatology for a routine examination of my skin as I near the one year mark since the kidney transplant.
This was a precautionary visit, an examination to see whether, in my immunocompromised condition, my skin showed any signs of cancer.
My skin did not show any signs.
Great news.
Physician Assistant Ian Shupe did prescribe an anti-fungal cream for me to apply to my feet.
I'll get going on that.
2. After a delicious latte at the coffee shop outside the Kootenai Health Lab Services -- I made a special stop here because they use Doma Coffee and I think their lattes are terrific --, I buzzed over to Costco and fueled the Camry and then rocketed over to Parker Toyota for what they call an intermediate car service.
While I waited for the technicians to finish -- all I needed was a new air filter and windshield wiper inserts --, I started reading the engrossing book, The Fair and the Falls. I read the very first bit of the book in which J. William T. Youngs introduces his readers to James Glover, regarded by some as The Father of Spokane.
I read this material very slowly, letting myself be transported to a time when the land around the Spokane River and Spokane Falls was wild and James Glover saw the place with a double vision: the natural beauty left him spellbound and the commercial potential, the potential for development and profit, excited him.
His first thoughts about this land paralleled the themes of Expo '74 itself.
3. I continued to make the most of this day in Coeur d'Alene: haircut, car wash, Costco shopping, Pilgrim's shopping with another latte thrown in to wash down a chocolate croissant.
Back home, Debbie prepared Italian sausages, turned her Easter dinner salad into a chicken pasta salad, and sautéed white onion pieces to add to the Easter dinner creamed spinach we had leftover.
These transformation of Sunday's leftover were superb.
Today I used up the remainder of a Costco cash card to stock up on beef, chicken, and pork and Debbie repackaged the meat and I loaded it into our basement freezer.
This was a jam packed day and a satisfying one.
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