This first week on the road we rediscovered what it's like to have each other available for laughter over our silly word-play, sharing three meals a day, and lots of convos unencumbered by responsibilities and expectations.
And so, on Day 2 we rolled up to Provence, a restaurant in the Stuyvesant Plaza in Albany, NY to lunch with Andrea and Paul Lurie. Paul was an intern and my father his resident at Yale New Haven Hospital back in the early-mid 40's. They both came to the Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis as medical school faculty after completing their medical training. Andrea is about a year younger than I. I remember playing at her house in Indy a few times and she at mine. Had no clue she graduated from my HS--a clue I was really, really out of it back then. Andrea and I had not thought of each other for over 50 years till somehow we reconnected on FB and now at Provence. I'm sure there will be continuing conversations.
On to East Longmeadow, MA to see Bev Premo. Our first married year Bev and I taught together in a Practical Nursing Program in Springfield, MA; Kirk was a 1st Lieutenant in the Army at the Springfield Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station. As a Personnel Psychologist he administered tests to all the draftees to determine if they were fit psychologically to go to Viet Nam. Makes one wonder what the criteria for "fit" were?
Andy and Bev, (AndyBev as we called them back then) and we were bonded for life back in 1971 when they stayed in our guest room for two weeks waiting for their new house construction to be finished. Our guest room was called "The Garden" wallpapered with garish pink, yellow, and green lilacs; the door made of strings of plastic pop beads.
We've had the pleasure of visiting AndyBev several times over these last 41 years. Looking forward to Bev checking out our new digs in Tucson real soon.
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