Cold this morning --
The thermometer on the deck said 38F when I left before sunrise. Brr. The weather folk have posted a frost advisory for tonight, so it'll probably be even chillier tomorrow morning. But I don't have to go anywhere tomorrow morning.
PT today, probably the next to last visit. PT today said that I'd probably get no better than 90%, and most of what's left to get to that point is strengthening; she rather expects that I'll be dropped down to every two or three weeks to assess progress. Range-of-motion is still a problem, but there is damage in the shoulder, and I'll probably never get full range back. Or most of the strength. :( I told her that I'd like to be able to put things onto high shelves and wash more than one window at a time.
Errands today were boring. I went to stores, I bought the things on my list. There are still empty spaces on shelves, and there's a lot of stretching sparse stock to fill at least the fronts of shelves (cereal, paper goods, frozen meats/meals, etc.), but as those are things that I don't usually buy, it's not a problem for me.
J and DB are up on the garage roof installing solar panels. Annabelle-cat is fascinated by this. She's sitting in the hall, watching out the side door for heads popping up over the ridge of the garage roof. J put the racking up last Friday and Saturday, dug the trench the beginning of the week, on Thursday the contractor told him to go ahead with installing the panels even though the permits hadn't officially been issued yet (a few i's to be dotted & t's to be crossed, but essentially ready to go). The panels are just a bit too big for one person to handle, and the aluminum frames slide on the aluminum rails -- do not want a panel sliding down (or off) the roof.
I have been able to weed around the pond, where the weeds are shorter and less noxious. Tomorrow, I need to go work in the NW bed, which is mostly just cutting back things that have flowered and died back. I really need to empty the finished compost bin and put it in a garden somewhere. J's been "going to do it" all summer, but the other bin is getting full, and I can't wait much longer.
I still haven't found the plug-in phone from the basement. I may have to buy another one. (They're $15, but I know there's one somewhere in the house. Unless J got overzealous and put it in the rummage sale/goodwill bin last year.)
PT today, probably the next to last visit. PT today said that I'd probably get no better than 90%, and most of what's left to get to that point is strengthening; she rather expects that I'll be dropped down to every two or three weeks to assess progress. Range-of-motion is still a problem, but there is damage in the shoulder, and I'll probably never get full range back. Or most of the strength. :( I told her that I'd like to be able to put things onto high shelves and wash more than one window at a time.
Errands today were boring. I went to stores, I bought the things on my list. There are still empty spaces on shelves, and there's a lot of stretching sparse stock to fill at least the fronts of shelves (cereal, paper goods, frozen meats/meals, etc.), but as those are things that I don't usually buy, it's not a problem for me.
J and DB are up on the garage roof installing solar panels. Annabelle-cat is fascinated by this. She's sitting in the hall, watching out the side door for heads popping up over the ridge of the garage roof. J put the racking up last Friday and Saturday, dug the trench the beginning of the week, on Thursday the contractor told him to go ahead with installing the panels even though the permits hadn't officially been issued yet (a few i's to be dotted & t's to be crossed, but essentially ready to go). The panels are just a bit too big for one person to handle, and the aluminum frames slide on the aluminum rails -- do not want a panel sliding down (or off) the roof.
I have been able to weed around the pond, where the weeds are shorter and less noxious. Tomorrow, I need to go work in the NW bed, which is mostly just cutting back things that have flowered and died back. I really need to empty the finished compost bin and put it in a garden somewhere. J's been "going to do it" all summer, but the other bin is getting full, and I can't wait much longer.
I still haven't found the plug-in phone from the basement. I may have to buy another one. (They're $15, but I know there's one somewhere in the house. Unless J got overzealous and put it in the rummage sale/goodwill bin last year.)