In ashes of despair

Our condo is at the dead end of a very short drive within our little community. The dead end is literally a dead end, with the drive ending bluntly straight into a short hedge. Our garage is the last on the row, with the drive ending about ten feet or so past the garage. The…

Please keep me in your thoughts. I’m leaving for the hospital now. They found a liver for me.

Weird and bad week. The new job is stressful (I have a new appreciation for the foot-soldiers out there in the world of retail and commerce). The loss of Warrior Princess weighs heavily on me. Friends are troubled, and I cannot help. The Prof is reluctantly in his state of origin for a visit with…

(originally posted on DearDiary’s

I nearly forgot my Very Important News. I’m continuing physical therapy for my neck discs three times a week. During this morning’s session, Adonis did some traction on my neck and managed to restore most of the feeling to my middle finger. My index finger is still pretty numb, but that’s OK. It’s far more…

Your life is never the same, you know. They don’t talk about that when they give you the “this is what you should expect” speech. They tell you about the scar you’ll have, and the drugs you’ll take, and the things you will and won’t be allowed to do. But they make it sound like…