Escape from Tucson edition, but not before getting a crown on a problem tooth because my dental insurance isn't good outside of AZ, and then the permanent crown was late so I couldn't get the dentist to install it until 8:30 the night before we departed

Sandwich with Heidi and Lisa

I wanted to see if there was a limit to the length of the title.  If there is, I didn't find it.

We're here in Sacramento.  Roseville, CA actually.  So nice of Lisa to share her abode with us for the night.  Tomorrow morning she's promised a run on a nearby trail with frogs, bunnies, snakes and other local fauna.

We spent last night in Costa Mesa with Toby & Laura.  Had a nice time visiting with them, Nikki, Kauai, Kylah and Kayden. 

Thursday night, our last night in Tucson, we ate dinner with Bob & Lori.  That was a nice way to spend our last dinner there.  Until 8pm when I had to leave for the dentist.  Not many dentists are open that late.  Our dentist had never been open that late either before then, but he made a special arrangement to meet me because the permanent crown wasn't ready at 3:30pm for my original appointment.

I realized a month ago that my dental insurance was only good in Arizona.  Originally I thought getting dental work done would be a good thing to do in Seattle when I will have a less rigid schedule.  With one month to go I called the dentist.  They could squeeze me in two weeks before our departure.  It takes two weeks to make a permanent crown, which means I would be getting it finished the day before we left.  One hour before my appointment they called and said it wasn't ready asking if I could reschedule next week.  No, I said, I'm leaving town the next morning; I need it today.  The dentist called the lab, told the crown maker to keep working until he was finished, drove over and picked it up personally, and told me to come to his office at 8:15 that night.  Fortunately it all worked out.

Oh, I need to say something about Heidi vs Leukemia.  I signed up (everyone notice how I pretended to change the subject to Heidi but am still talking about me?) for The Big Climb at the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle.  It's a race up the stairwell 69 floors, sponsored by the Leukemia & Lymphoma society.  I formed a team called Heidi Ho.  Alex and Cody are on the team.  Anybody else want to join?  Point your browser here for more info  Heidi Ho.

Heidi is good.  She has none of the sympoms she has shown at times over the past five months.  Well, no symptoms except SineadOConneritis.  I just made up that term.