University of Chicago another trip

Another day, another appointment, and "getting jiggy with it". Patience has never been one of my virtues, until now. I patiently await for the drive I make to and from Chicago, in order to be a stay sooner than later as a patient for a few days, then as I do that to patiently wait coming go home, where more patience is needed while I get back to my new patient life.

I read books as a young man, and through freshman year of high school. Then I stopped. Not sure why, except for not knowing what I wanted to do in life. The Hardy Boys was a series I read. Not all, but some. I read experimental aircraft magazines, Anthem, Fahrenheit 451, Rosemary's Baby, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Tenants, and others that I just do not recall right now. I have not read much at all since the early 70's. Not even to study for school. Which is ironic because I basically did the minimum with lousy grades, decided to take trig and physics and was given good grades. I bailed out of college early to work for the man, and ending up at Purdue later in life where I still did not read much of anything, including course books, and graduated with a 3.57 / 4.00. I can only accredit my grade to having gone back to school at Purdue in 1997 at age 40.

Through retiring and living the first six months of it wanting to go back to work (conditioned by the man wanting you to work), I came to the conclusion that it is now okay to let all the old go. It was worth nothing to me at this point in my life. I wasted what could have been. My blogging has peaked my interest in writing, and a new desire for old literature. Being in technology to what seams to be my entire life (mechanical, manufacturing, quality, organizational leadership), I stayed away from English Writing and Literature. "It didn't apply" is probably what my subconscious was saying. Like why people will stay away from math and science, they will never apply it.

My decision to study literature and write started before I knew I had cancer. I have thoughts of going back to school for literature and writing, but have not yet found a fit. What the University of Chicago has allowed me to do, while I practice patience, is read. I have read some William Shakespeare, a book written by a friend Ben Mollin, and have ordered my next to read called "The Heavy Bear Who Goes with Me: 100 Classic Poems with Commentary". This, and still physically working out, keeping the house up, photographing, and my latest hobby with a laser. Soon spring will be back and will the the chores for our native backyard to do as well. All in good stride.

In a way this back and forth to The University of Chicago is part of my decompression. It allows me time to read before I see the Doc, and that reading inspires photography and wanting to read more of the book before I set it down to do other work. I am now seeing life as simpler, easier to navigate, inspirational, the things I should have had instilled growing up but went to the wayside. I am happier for sure doing it now than never at all.

Here are the photographs to and from, starting around 7:00 AM and returning maybe 1:00 PM.

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University of Chicago - Make The Best Of It

I do thank the University of Chicago for helping me through all of my health issues. They are good listeners, providers of information, they answer your questions, and they make sure I am involved in my own decision making. My requirements for quality of hospitals is, did they improve my outcome and experience. The University of Chicago does.

There have been multiple trips for multiple reasons the last few months. My cancer being at the middle of it. It does not feel stressful, nor like I am avoiding anything. I do find comfort in the drive to their various locations. It is peaceful, clears the mind, engages my visual curiosity of places I would have just passed on any other trip into the city, and now I get to see with a new lens and enjoy.

My route to and from the hospital, whether downtown at the River East location or to Hyde Park, entails taking Cline 912 to the Whiting Indiana exit getting off before I hit the toll road, then cutting through on Dicky Rd. to W 129th. I then take 20  until it intersects with 41, and follow 41 to my final destination. This saves a lot of money on tolls, and does take an additional 15 minutes or so. Being in a rush is not a priority. Enjoying the drive as I do is. I have always enjoyed driving.

Many times I see something different. I may even see a path I have not traveled that looks interesting, so I re-route myself on the way home. I do not do that on the way to the hospital because I still need to get there on time. That became a problem only once so far, day dreaming, enjoying the ride, and forgetting to turn off at the Museum of Science and Industry for the Hyde Park location. You would think I would not miss such a large and favorite landmark for my turn, but I did.

I enjoy the very early appointments too. I get to beat some rush hour traffic, can find close parking to the front door as it were, and become mesmerized at the early morning scenery. It is much different going home with the sun up which gives different detail. Even going to and coming back the weather can make the scenery different. For me that makes for a fun trip. Oh, one stretch of the drive in the morning I enjoy is S Southshore Dr (not a typo), at the South Shore Cultural Center. They have a radar speed sign, that if you pass it at or under the speed limit, a smiley face illuminates. I cannot help but smile in the morning when I pass that. On the way home I never get to enjoy that because of all the traffic going above the speed limit.

Here are photographs from my December 29th trip, starting with some morning photographs of the BP Refinery in Whiting.

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