1. I kept watch today for the UPS truck. Christy's ice therapy machine was due to arrive and I wanted to help her get it set up. The machine came to the house about the same time her physical therapist was scheduled to arrive, to I took it over to our house, unboxed it, and studied how to assemble it and how it works. Before long, Rusty, the PT, arrived and I took the machine over and he helped Christy put the bladder on her knee after I got the ice and water in the chest and soon the contraption was icing Christy's knee.
Christy's knee is in good shape three days after the surgery. Her range of motion is better than than most patients experience this soon after knee replacement. She is working diligently on the exercises she's been given and, with the aid of her walker, is getting around very well in the house.
2. The Deke finished clearing out the front bedroom and cleaning the floor and I brought the rug we are putting in it from upstairs. We hopped over to Furniture Exchange and purchased two chairs and an ottoman and we'll decide when they arrive which chairs will be in the now former bedroom and which in the living room. The room will also have our television and, most likely, a desktop computer that we share. We also moved a dresser into the basement craft room and are beginning to make decisions about how to arrange things down there.
3. The Deke and I settled ourselves down a bit after buying furniture by having a couple of drinks at the Hill St. Depot. We continued an ongoing conversation about our trip to New York in August for Adrienne and Josh's wedding and we are probably getting closer to knowing when we are going back and how long we'll stay. I think we've reached a point in our life where we are expecting less of ourselves when we travel -- so, the more we talk, the more modest our plans become for what we'll do while away. I like downsizing our expectations and making it more likely that we won't wear ourselves out.
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