Welcome to Texas!

That's what the guy at the car rental said, right after he told us it got up to 110* in Houston today. Oh my word! We cranked up the a/c and rolled down the highway. T knows his way around this city so well. I should never argue with him over which freeway to take, because he is always right on this one! The road systems in this city are incredible... spider webs of over-passes, five or six-lanes on all the freeways, and still everyone wants to drive in two lanes. Slightly crazy stuff. 

We rolled into our hotel, Comfort Suites, which provides a special rate for medical patients, at about 7 o'clock tonight. This is a great little hotel, good hot breakfast (or cold if you prefer), AND it's a non-smoking hotel. When we first came here years ago, the second floor was the "only" smoking floor. Someone on our floor (the third) was caught smoking and there was a $250 fine for that! Wow! The owner/manager was so concerned about all the medical people that he ultimately decided to eliminate the possibility to smoke at all in this hotel. It is now totally smoke-free. There are so many medical patients in this hotel that they also provide free shuttle service to the multiple hospitals. I noticed, however, that most people who signed up on the list for tomorrow are headed to MD Anderson, the number one cancer hospital in the world! This is a research hospital, and they want the weird stuff. We're glad they do because it sure is hard to find anyone who has any experience with T's special brand. These people were the answer to our prayers seven years ago. What was surprising was when the doctor at our HMO sent us back here. We had heard that our group liked to do their own stuff, to save money, but no one in the group had ever seen this kind of thing, so the doctor himself did the referral. Nice. 

So here we are, and all the fun begins tomorrow, although it's light compared to Wednesday where we begin at 8 o'clock in the morning and go from one doctor to the next, basically non-stop. But it's okay. The Lord is all over this (as my husband assures me repeatedly) and none of it caught Him by surprise. Thanks for praying!