1. Christy had a good session at the clinic with physical therapy on Monday and today she got around the house and did some light house cleaning -- took care of dishes, swept floors, that kind of thing. When I slide the ice therapy machine bladder under her knee, she's not having any problem lifting her leg. These are all very encouraging markers as her recovery moves forward. She has not wavered in her commitment to physical therapy, even in the face of recurring pain and imperfect nights of sleep.
2. The Deke and I have now made the essential arrangements for our trip to New Jersey and New York, starting August 21. After today, we have our flights reserved to and back from Newark, a rental car reserved, dog care reserved at Carol and Paul's, and an Airbnb reserved in Nyack. I am more happy and relieved than maybe a well-balanced person should be that we did not wait until the last minute to do any of this.
3. It didn't take long and it was simple, but I experienced a burst of euphoria this evening in the kitchen. I cut a yellow onion into rings and melted quite a bit of butter on our gas range's grill and caramelized the onions. In the meantime, I chopped up mushrooms and added them to the onions. We thawed out some sirloin tips about three days ago and got sidetracked and didn't cook them, until tonight. Figuring these steaks might be a little old and a little tough, I decided I'd try to overcome this potential deficiency by piling on the flavor. I generously covered the steaks with garlic powder, Montreal seasoning, and salt and fried them in bacon grease in a cast iron pan at a very high temperature. It worked. Yes, the steaks were a little tough, but they were very tasty and paired perfectly with the cucumber and mixed peppers and walnut salad the Deke prepared.
It had been a pleasantly mild day today. The temperature never got above 80 degrees and we enjoyed our meal on the deck, marveling at our good fortune that it was so comfortable outside.
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