Thanks For Asking!

For years I’ve been a 6 a.m. regular at the Y.

For almost as long, Patti has been there behind the front desk.  Her smile and cheerful greeting make those long steps to the Fitness Center a little less steep, the early morning hour a little more bearable.

For the past few weeks, I nursed a hernia (surgery went well — thanks, Dr. Meinke!).  As a result, I cut back on my Y visits.

When I walked in the other day, Patty was on the case.

“You were on my list to call,” she said.  “I haven’t seen you in a while.  Is everything okay?”

She was relieved to hear it is.

And I was relieved by her concern.  It made my day week month year decade.