Pacemaker check (still working), dentist (still have a few teeth) & financial advisor (Jeff Atwell @ Edward Jones if you live in the Burleson area and are looking for a good one)kept us pretty busy.
I even had one doctors visit cancelled because the doctor had a family emergency. This was with my dermatologist who thanks to my time spent outside in my younger years without sunscreen is a very wealthy person.
This cancellation opened up a little time for me to stop by the hospital and roam around a bit.
I didn't realize it until late last night but yesterday was my seven month anniversary of being retired. Time has sure flown by since that day. The adventures and new memories Beth and I are making are awesome and so are the memories of 23 years at Huguley and 31 total years with Adventist Health System.
The new hospital opened in early August and is absolutely amazing!
While it was special to see the building what was really meaningful was to have a chance to say hello to so many people who mean so much to me.
Ken who was my boss and CEO was in and took me on a tour through the new areas. It was exciting and humbling to see many of the areas that I had played a really small part in designing. When I say "small" I mean "small" because the hospital design and processes were developed by the most important members of the team, those who directly or indirectly are taking care of the patients.
Based on what I saw as well as what I experienced while having some blood work done they did an outstanding job!
While on the tour as well as in the administrative offices I loved visiting with so many familiar faces that I'm not even going to attempt to name them. What I can tell you is that every hug, hand shake, hello was so appreciated.
Although my visit was short, it should have been since everyone had more important matters to attend to than to talk to an old retired guy. The visit created another special memory of a place and some of some of the people that will always be a part of me.......another reason to be thankful!
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