It's winter here.

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 15:46:36 GMT

At least for a while -- they tell us that it will warm up (and rain!) this weekend. Monday I woke up to five inches of very-nearly-slush on the ground. I shoved it off the driveway, as it was going to get well below freezing and I didn't want to have the area in front of the garage full of frozen ruts. I only did the area where we turn, because that snow was heavy!

Got word today that one of the FCB tuba players died earlier this month -- he did play the Halloween concert, but that was the last time he played with us. He was in his 80's, so he had a good run.

Still not a lot of progress on the thumb. The OT has asked my doc to order an MRI, as she can't figure out what's amiss in there -- there's something wrong, but the muscles/ligaments are so small that it can be hard to tell exactly what. Her current theory is that there's a tear within (or away from) some scar tissue from an old sprain, but she wants to take a look. Meanwhile, we're addressing the symptoms, and it's far better than it was, but still not even to 75% -- there are still far too many things that hurt to do, and it's inconsistent.

J is spending 12 hours a day away from home; DB is working Nutcracker and coming home between 8 and 9 every evening(and managing to not get too annoyed with the auditorium manager). OTOH, J is also (finally, after 20+ years!) finishing the drywall work in the basement stairwell.

The black cat has resigned himself to winter. He's not pleased, but at least he's not giving me the hairy eyeball when I open the door for him. Sometimes he even goes out!

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Ramblings of a rural(ish) geek

It's winter here.