Mean, Median or Mode ?

Not really any of these terms, but the halfway point, numero 22, was accomplished today. After refreshing my memory on the terms I am pretty sure none of the above apply. For some reason today I felt like the little boy that didn't want to go to school. Fortunately nobody wanted to listen to my "stomach ache" story so I trudged into the hospital. As usual, the techs and fellow patients were very cheery so my mood improved after finishing the treatment. On the way out from my weekly clinic appointment there was a 4 year old patient whose dad was bringing her in for treatment. He was also in a wheelchair as he had broken his leg. Let's just say that whatever had caused my "stomach ache" had been replaced with a much clearer perspective.

Our New Year's Eve started early as we went to a local British pub and listened to a bagpipe band. For some reason a lot of the patrons were crying, so Ruth and I joined in. Not sure what that was all about because I didn't recognize the tunes, except for "Auld lang syne". My guess is some of the tunes must be melancholy. We then went to a small party at another complex where a lot of proton patients live. It is a "retirement" home and we finally found a crowd where we can be the last to leave. It was fun, the fellow patients are a great group of people.

We had heavy rain and high winds this weekend, the pictures are of palm frawns that obstructed the road when we where driving yesterday. Ruth coined the term "palm frawn drifts" but somehow it doesn't roll of the tongue like "snow drifts". The other picture is of the sunset outside our unit, we have really nice landscaping in this complex and there was quite a bit of damage by the storm. It rained heavily on the Rose Parade, first time in 51 years. There was more than a little weather whining going on, not by us as we saw the freezing rain forecast for Wenatchee. We did not lose power at all during the storm, but our football viewing was interrupted for a couple of hours. It is important to carbo load during these outages as you never know if the power might go out.

We spent Saturday with the Ligotti's in Encinitas. Piper was very entertaining, her verbal skills are improving every time we see her. She gets very excited when we drive up and it warms your heart. She is a character, we love our time with her.

I am reading one of Lance Armstrong's book and a theme for 2006 is developing. I am thinking of replacing new year resolutions with a more flexible theme, further thoughts on this tomorrow.