Bam!

Great news on the housing front -- somebody made us an offer, and we accepted it! A few more hurdles have to be, uh, hurdled, but if it all goes well we will be out of here by the end of October. Yay!

So we have kicked the search for a new place to live into a higher gear, and Louise has already found one place she's pretty excited about. Still a ways to go on this front, too, but we've got some time to nail this down. Fun with real estate!

Friday Update

Saw the orthopedist this morning (rescheduled from yesterday), and the news was lukewarm. Nothing's displaced, nothing has gotten worse, but there hasn't been a lot of healing, either. His recommendation: two more weeks of complete rest. If we continue to not see much progress, surgery becomes more of an option. But for now, two more weeks in my comfy hospital bed and wheelchair. Ooo fun!

Three Weeks Down (Plus A Little ...)

God, I wish I had something to report. Went back to the hospital yesterday for new X-Rays, but won't know what they show until the big follow-up appointment with the Orthopedic Surgeon guy tomorrow afternoon. On the plus side, it was the first time I'd left the house in three weeks. Good to get outside, even if it was 100+ degrees out.

Nothing much else to report. Doing some reading, Watching some TV, Entertaining the occasional visitor. The folks at church have been very good about helping us out. I have some friends that I keep in touch with online (Facebook, mostly) who are strident, aggressive atheists. I understand the intellectual foundation of their argument, but when they go on about the excesses and evils of organized religion, all I can think is that they don't know the church I know. But that's a gulf I don't expect will be bridged anytime soon.