Training Day

Eating our anniversary dinner at Windows was a unique experience. I highly recommend it to anyone who feels like dressing up, and who has a fat wallet.
No sooner had we been seated, when my cousin Rick Block came over, and pointed out where he and Mary and Uncle Fritz and Aunt Ruth were sitting! It seems it was Fritz and Ruth's 64th anniversary! I had no idea we shared our anniversary date. What a coincidence!
Windows is a starched white tablecloth kind of a place. The servers were all in starched white pleated tux shirts and black pants. They were all very attentive. I had veal picatta, and Dick had Surf and Turf, followed by chocolate Jack Daniels ice cream and raspberry torte. We were seated there for 2 hours, but it seemed much shorter. Unbelievably nice - we loved it.

Today we were seated for 5 hours in the conference room of the Area Agency on Aging for Medicare/Medicaid training. I think it was a pay back for last night. We really paid our dues today! What did we learn that was new? We learned that people can steal your identity from the boxes of checks that you order through the mail; that you should not give out your social security number to people who initiate the contact; that Sladek's got the lunch order wrong; and that an assertive attitude can often get you what you want for your client when dealing with the FIA or a hospital.

Tonight we are having pancakes and bacon for supper to make up for all the rich food last night.
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