Jul and the kids went home late Tuesday afternoon. After all the disruption in their travel plans, they had to suffer one last disruption. Their flight didn’t have a pilot. They sat on the tarmac for an hour before they could take off. Danita and I took advantage of the two extra days to take the kids to the cryptographic museum at NSA Monday. Tuesday, we took them to the Lego store. Both trips were very successful. You can see some pics on the website in the previous blog.

We spent most of the rest of this week getting the house back to normal. We finished the last of the leftovers last night. Danita’s last PT appointment is this week. Basically, they plan to document her range of motion and cut her loose. She’s tapering off the Prednisone, but it’s a very slow process. My PT is ongoing. I still have quite a bit of trouble with my right shoulder. I’m back on the bike, so that’s good. And I can sleep at night almost normally, which is also good. But I can’t carry even the lightest backpack on my back. I certainly hope that clears up before we leave for Italy in just 4 weeks.

There’s not much else going on here in Columbia. I have to prepare for my last presentation on “Cutting the cord”, which I will give tomorrow. I’ll talk about using TV antennas. It’s an amazing contrast between how easy it was to do back in the day, and how complicated it is today. We have a neighborhood concert with wine, cheese, and desert this evening.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.