Woke today to learn that scott was still with us .. though the doctors had said he would likely not be. I heard that news with a strange mix of relief and sadness . This is a tough process for him and his family
Around noon I had a busy from out of town guests will and his mother Sharon. They brought lunch for me and for them . I know Sharon from a talk I gave it rectors over this year… Her son ‘Will is a really bright and creative hi school kid he’s interested in computer science and Ei… It was so great talking to them.
After work I had a meeting at data… On the way there on the interstate I heard a rumble in My right rear passenger and then all of a sudden that tire completely blew out… I was going through highway speed so it’s pretty scary… But I was able to pull off and change the tire didn’t even take that long. Pretty amazing that tire blocks it only had 3700 miles on it…
Later that night I went out and saw my friends Gari and Dave and then barn to Catch up and hear Grateful Dead cover band… My neighbor Duncan came to it was nice to get to know him
This morning two of scott’s friends, Leif and matt meet me at Scott’s house to start the process of transferring all the very cool science and engineering equipment he has to good causes. It’s been about three hours sifting through exotic high-voltage in electronics equipment… It was so fun and sobering… We were taking our good friends equipment gathered over a lifetime of experimenting and sorting them into buckets Things that we could find a home for it and things we couldn’t… In the end I only took a little which was great… And the other two guys took quite a bit. Spent a lot of time talking about Scott and how we might want to find ways of honor him… It was hard work but good work
As soon as were finished headed up to Fletcher to. see my friend Jon. It has been along time since we hung out together… And the first time I’ve ever been to his house. He took it really nice 2 mile walk through his words and then spray a good long time looking at his very cool tech heart. Really a great collection… I also met his girlfriend Katrina is awesome
I finish the day with a nice visit with scott in hospice… He’s heavily sedated now I cannot longer talk… And it was still nice just being with him
Lots of contracts today and Anna left this morning at 4:30 AM get her to the airport at 5 AM for her flight to Santa Fe. It was kind of cool that early… Are used to do that all the time Australia. It’s up strangely fun. After dropping her off at home for about 45 minutes more sleep sack he’s getting more and more quiet… Most of the time. Spent a couple of hours talking to John, Scott’s dad. Scott woke up a bit towards the end of My visit and we were able to talk A little… He’s only able to say a few words at this point It was nice to be able to hear from him
From there I headed back home… And soon after my friends Derrick his father Jom And his wife Jackie from Pennsylvania showed up. If it most of the day with them which was really nice. We basically hung out did a few science tricks and then headed to Stowe for a nice lunch. Derek is an amazing guy I worked with at IBM… He’s in another company now… And his dad I know from a hack -athon we all do together. It was really fun to have Jacky here too. We really had a good time… And I kind a needed it
We got home About 530… Which gave me time to do some yardwork which was fun and mindless.
It was nice to have kind of a sleepy Sunday like that… But my mind was still on Scott
