Marcia ⁽⁷⁴⁾

Brian Bilbrey January 1, 2017

1 Jan 2017

Happy New Year. Observe that I am expressing a hope, rather than a prediction. The good thing about expecting a depressingly awful sequel to last year's trash fire is that, while it CAN be worse than I imagine, it MIGHT also be better than I expect. Pleasant surprises may ensue. Things that continue to be true: That's enough of a list for me. The more I take on, the less I may accomplish. So, today was good. And this wasn't on that list, but it's a (re-)start: 6/11/4270(35m/604c). The BEST list I saw today is this one: Elizabeth (@twoscooters) Sampat's…

Brian Bilbrey December 4, 2016

4 Dec 2016

We had a lovely supper tonight at Seasons 52 in Columbia - a holiday dinner with my co-workers and plus ones. I had half a chicken, Marcia had some seared cow, both were delicious. Dessert: tiny, delicious, and overpriced. Still, we'll go there again: Recommended. Marcia continues to make great progress in her hip replacement recovery. She's been driving for a week now, and spending a fair bit of time standing, walking, and working on stuff in the house each day. Huzzah! The week was weird. I took a couple of vacation days on Thursday and Friday. Got a few…

Brian Bilbrey November 20, 2016

20 Nov 2016

Windy, cold day today. Quite a shift from yesterday's 70° loveliness. That's okay. I stayed busy all week and all weekend. Today, for example: Marcia is doing great. She's done with the cane, mostly. She did most of the laundry work today, other than the "carry bits up and down the stairs" part. Strength is going up, pain is going down, and she's weening off the last of the heavy pain killers in the next couple of days. Next up: Driving! We enjoyed watching the first episode of Amazon's new car show: The Grand Tour this week! I'd missed having…

Brian Bilbrey November 13, 2016

13 Nov 2016

Friday the thirteenth falls on a Sunday this month. And it's nigh unto first "supermoon" (the concurrence of the moon's orbital perigee and the sun/earth/moon syzygy) in 68 years (although the moon won't be actually full until tomorrow at around 9AM EST). We have a nice view of that large, bright moon on this cloudless evening - very cool. Meantime, when I'm not actively taking care of Marcia in her hip-replacement recovery routine, Lexi is filling in - keeping chairs warm, for example: I managed several hours at work this week, and I have also been making progress on a…

Brian Bilbrey October 31, 2016

31 Oct 2016

Hallowe'en, such as it is. Between the way the dog reacts to activity at the door, and Marcia's hip: we turned out the front lights before dusk to keep things quiet on our front porch. It worked. Shouting kids on the sidewalks, parents curb-crawling with their cars because they're too damned lazy to walk with their kids, etc. Marcia's progress is good. At her first PT evaluation today, Andrew said she was doing great, and to be cautious not to push too hard, too fast. Note: SportsPro Physical Therapy, Marcia's go-t0 PT team for the last decade - we can…