A Visitor!

Jodie drove in Tuesday morning to keep me company for a couple days and we're having fun checking things out in Chicago (as much as the weather will allow). The Proton Center gave a luncheon tour Tuesday. So Jodie got to see the place and they let her come back and watch the set-up prior to my treatment.

Earlier on Tuesday was a trip to Robert R. McCormick's Cantigny ( ca-tee-née) home. It was about 14 degrees with the lovely wind that Chicago is known for so we didn't spend much time checking out the grounds (there are over 500 acres). But we did see the mansion. (Robert McCormick was  the Chicago Tribune's owner and publisher back in the era of the Great Depression and World War II). The library in the home is filled with first edition books all signed by the authors which included Charles Lindbergh and Winston Churchill. Also on the grounds is the First Division Museum all dedicated to the Army's famed 1st Infantry Division. You're sucked into reenactment displays with sights and sounds and soldier stories so that you feel like you're a member of the "Big Red One." The displays start with the revolutionary war through Desert Storm. They have a tank museum outside featuring tanks from every war, but it was to cold to check out.

Wednesday Jodie and I worked out, went to the Wicked Good Cafe (it really was) and then walked off our lunch in downtown Naperville.  Sometime tomorrow she'll head for home. Some rainy gusty weather is supposed to blow in and she'll try and time her departure accordingly. Hope she has better luck than when she came in. The little spring time dusting of snow made what should have been a four hour ride stretch into six. Having her here has really helped the week blow by. As always, thanks for all the thoughts and prayers.