Sam: September 2004 Archives

Uh oh, these are getting shorter and shorter! Saw Sam for only half-an-hour today. I am zooming around preparing for a trip to a conference in DC.

One of the nurses, Mary Lung, fed Sam this morning. She usually does, but Sam explained his reason for telling me: ìI like Mary. She has a gifted vocabulary.î

Iíd brought him his favorite large cup of black Hazelnut coffee from Dunkin Donuts, which choked him up on first swallow: ìSee how you affect me?!!î After he recovered his breath, he said, in his laconic fashion, ìCoffeeís a little hot.î

Sam was in an editorial meeting for the newsletter when I got there yesterday but they were just finishing so I didn't get to spy. (Darn!) When I entered his room and he wasn't there I took the moment to jot down the list of visitors from his guest book (Phil and Lorraine gave him this and what a great thing it is - Sam is quite attached to making sure everyone DOES "sign in", smile).

Since September 1:

What a bit of serendipity! Sam was napping when I arrived this morning (looks like Tuesday mornings are gonna be my most reliable time to visit). While we were waiting for Michael to come get him up, he asked how I was doing. In general? Fine. But I can't get over [the FP]. :-( He said, "And that's the shits." Then added, "Put that in the weblog." What cracked me up was that later I was reading him an email from Jennifer that was along the lines of supporting both me and the FP in this process, and you know what she had written? "It's the shits." ! Hilarious!

Our negotiation about how to use our hour today was funny too.

Sam was delighted to be teased by so many of you about how he got his black eye. :-) However, he re-asserted (with a straight face!), ìThe black eye was from a fall.î

Weíve got a few new people added to the email list: Bill and Cheryl, Rick Scott, and Larry LaBarge. Sam had comments about each of you. :-)