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Brian Bilbrey October 28, 2016

28 Oct 2016

A Marcia update: On Wednesday morning, she had her right hip replaced. The surgeon said that things went well, and that the right hip was not as far gone as the left hip had been, but that it was past time for the surgery anyway. She was up in her room on the fifth floor of the hospital by a bit past noon. On Wednesday afternoon, she managed 80-100 steps with a walker around the Joint Center floor. On Thursday morning, she aced her physical therapy (PT) - breezing through all of the exercises, then accomplishing the release goals: steps,…

Brian Bilbrey October 23, 2016

23 Oct 2016

A good week for theater! On Wednesday, we attended Poe... And All The Others, a new play by Tony Tsendeas, as presented at Reynold's Tavern by the Annapolis Shakespeare Company. Last year's production of Poe was one of the first shows we saw from this company, and it was a good show. This year's production, again featuring Brian Keith MacDonald and Renata Plecha, is simply superb! The new script is much stronger, but still works very well in the confines of a dining room at Reynold's Tavern. We turned up at 6:45 or so, and enjoyed a good salad and…

Brian Bilbrey September 19, 2016

19 Sept 2016

Yarrrr. Avast. Etc. Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day. It was a busy week and a busy weekend. I fully intended to get something up here last night, but failed. Then I slept badly until the dog (accompanied by thunder and lightning) woke me and left me that way in the wee hours this morning. So I'm not in much better shape today, sadly. But moving along... Work was work. On the weekend, the lawns got shaved, the dog got bathed, bathrooms were cleaned, and coffee was roasted, along with assorted other chores that escape me at the moment. Sunday…

Brian Bilbrey September 12, 2016

12 Sept 2016

Welcome back, us. We hared off to Atlanta for the weekend to visit our friends Jen and Kris. We've not visited since their wedding, four or so years back, so this was lovely! We drove down on Friday (12 hours door to door). Saturday we went to the Chihuly in the Garden exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. The installation in the Japanese Garden was my personal favorite. I've always had a soft spot for the suprises to be found in meticulously kept tiny gardens. Sunday we wandered around quaint downtown Roswell. There was shopping for some, and dogs to…

Brian Bilbrey September 4, 2016

04 September 2016

Happy Birthday, Pete! * * * It's been a fun week. It was a three day work week for me - I took off Thursday and Friday to burn some hours and make a five day weekend happen. I got some chores done. We went fishing (and Marcia caught a small-ish big mouth bass that we gave back to the lake): And on a long walk around the neighborhood, Lexi was perplexed: The Fitbit says I did five days of exercise, although I only did three dedicated exercise days, truth be told. But the work counts. Sadly, so do the…