Greetings one and all -<br /><br />San Francisco is a little overcast but it looks like it will burn away later in the day.  I&#39;m off to <br />meet a friend at San Francisco General.  Seems, in the corner of Jack&#39;s Bar, just two blocks from<br />the hospital, unbeknown to me, there is a little haven of New Orleans food, complete with po boys,<br />crawfish etoufee and the like.  I read the reviews yesterday and I have to go&#33;  Occasionally, the<br />even have boiled crawfish and I hope luck is with me.  Why is it I am so easily swayed from my<br />diet.<br /><br />Goodness, if one doesn&#39;t check in here for a couple of days, it takes forever to read through all<br />the posts.  I need a speed reading course...tornadoes, birthing babies, furniture building - our group<br />has real adventures, to say the least.<br /><br />Jim, I know what you mean about having to shell out the dollars to physicians when you should be<br />enjoying retirement&#33;  Thankfully, my health care is pretty good but I will also be required to get <br />Medicare part B in six months.  The city wants to make sure they don&#39;t have to foot my bills alone&#33;<br /><br />Well, I am going to be doing a little work....not well paying but something I think I will love.  I <br />haven&#39;t yet signed a contract but I was contacted yesterday to see if I will be an instructor in an<br />online forensic nursing course put on by the University of Florida.  I will have to prepare a training<br />module, with powerpoint and voice overs and then partiicpate in several online sessions with RN <br />students who are working toward a forensic science certification.  They pay &#036;1495 each for two <br />different modules so it is pretty expensive for them.  I don&#39;t know yet what I will make but I<br />don&#39;t even care.  I understand this course is expected to run for years and I am just honored <br />that my esteemed colleague recommended me for it.<br /><br />Off to eat&#33;  Can&#39;t remember who was in the hoedown photo but you sure outdid me in my cowboy hat&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />I might have missed it but, Faline, I hope you got your job.<br /><br />Love to all,<br /><br />Carmen