To the Doctor by Train
I worked at Day Jobbe from the hotel room this morning, then took a half-day off for my annual physical. I caught a light rail train from in front of the hotel down to San Jose Diridon station and rode Caltrain up to Palo Alto. This way my first ride on the new electrified trains.
The new equipment is impressive. These EMUs (electric multiple unit) trains have impressive acceleration. I could really feel it when they powered out of Diridon. Quick acceleration is particularly important on line with as many stops as Caltrain. It was a quick and comfortable trip to Palo Alto.
This will be my last visit with my doctor at Sutter Health/Palo Alto Medical Foundation, as he's told me that he's retiring in a few months. So I have no more excuses and will need to get a new doctor in the Reno area. In the meantime, my about-to-be-former doctor changed some prescriptions to (we hope) deal with a problem I'm having and also (again, we hope) work on the diabetes.
After my visit, I had to spend some time waiting in the lab for a blood draw before walking back to the Caltrain station to ride back to San Jose.
On the way back to the hotel, I stopped at The City Fish San Jose and picked up a fish dinner to take back to the hotel for late lunch/early dinner. I then took a two-hour nap before heading back out again; however, that's another store.
The new equipment is impressive. These EMUs (electric multiple unit) trains have impressive acceleration. I could really feel it when they powered out of Diridon. Quick acceleration is particularly important on line with as many stops as Caltrain. It was a quick and comfortable trip to Palo Alto.
This will be my last visit with my doctor at Sutter Health/Palo Alto Medical Foundation, as he's told me that he's retiring in a few months. So I have no more excuses and will need to get a new doctor in the Reno area. In the meantime, my about-to-be-former doctor changed some prescriptions to (we hope) deal with a problem I'm having and also (again, we hope) work on the diabetes.
After my visit, I had to spend some time waiting in the lab for a blood draw before walking back to the Caltrain station to ride back to San Jose.
On the way back to the hotel, I stopped at The City Fish San Jose and picked up a fish dinner to take back to the hotel for late lunch/early dinner. I then took a two-hour nap before heading back out again; however, that's another store.