My First Ticket

Yes, it's true. I have my car for less than a month and I've gone and gotten myself my very first ticket. It was earlier this week, on Monday. A speeding ticket no less! I can hear some of you who know me better chuckling out there. I was on my way to the UPS store to mail off my brother's (heavy) portfolio. It was raining, and I know I was going fast, but not that fast. Officer Alden pulled me over by the Bailey Bros. on Route 10. The ticket cost more than the shipping costs for the portfolio. Oh well. Does everyone remember their first moving violation? I'm still trying to decide if I should contest or just pay the darn thing. The office was very nice and he explained the whole ticket processing thing. Yick.

It didn't put me in a very good mood, and I had planned to write most of that afternoon. I wrote a little bit; I was mainly transcribing interview with Cynthia Huntington. Transcribing is nice. It's like emptying a box of puzzle pieces: you pick out the pieces are start putting them together to make a picture.

What else have I been up to this week? A lot of meetings and informational interviews. It's good to get out of the house. For my second interview I visited the hospital to meet with the Director of Supportive Services at the new cancer center. She was very nice. We talked about this new pilot program to introduce complementary alternative medicine therapies (CAM therapies) for outpatients.

DHMC is huge! Lots of corridors and several wings. A person could get lost in there. In addition to your requisite bookstore, cafeteria, and flower shop, they have the following:

Beauty Salon

Convenience Store

Credit Union

Dry Cleaner

Optical Shop

Travel Agent

They even have a branch of our bank, Fleet Bank (soon-to-be Bank of America), right there next to the bookstore. And our favorite bank guy works there part of the week. He even waved to me when I walked past his window!

Anyway, next week will be busy. Last Saturday, Roger and I hung out with the other fellows from the cardiology department along with their respective families. A lot of twins--three pairs, two identical and one fraternal! There must be something in the water. Anyway, I got to meet a couple of the other wives and played with some very cute babies. A few of us exchanged email addresses and I've made plans to hang out with some of them next week. So, barring any further moving violations, it should be fun!