Ah, life!

With the assistance of my wife and my good friend Seth, I participated in my life yesterday. It was grand. Robyn gave me a ride down to Iowa City and I spent some time at UAY and saw a client of mine, of whom I'm particularly fond. We did talk about me, briefly, but because he is a teen and has troubles, we got down to his business rather than mine. A welcome relief. One doesn't notice one's self so much when one is noticing others. (Just a little truth I thought I'd pass on for you.)

Tomorrow I meet with my brilliant neurosurgeon (the one who put me back together) and we'll see if there's a next phase. I'm a healed unit and more flexible by a long shot than I was even a week ago. I find that mostly it's a matter of endurance. As I get tired, I hurt more. Then I rest. I'd like to work part time and rest when I need to. We'll see friends while we're in Mt. Horeb (not going to do the one day mega-drive this time).

Caitlin's having 10 friends over tonight for a party (and Walker gets one, too, a friend - not an entire party). We will have a chocolate fountain. I'm hoping the rain clears so they can use the back yard (since the deck has been added, it's really nice) but it's looking like more rain. These are great kids and it's good to have them around, reassuring even. Caitlin and her friend were hanging out yesterday talking and soon I became the woodwork - sitting in the other room. Hearing them talk about friends and work and their own lives reminded me that she's not so different from the rest of us, my daughter. She's earnestly trying her best to make sense out of life. She's got good values and humor and intellect. Her friends are similarly reasonable, for the most part, also trying to make sense out of things. Caitlin's parties aren't a lot different from ones my friends and I had when I was a teen. We'd chase the dinosaurs and early mammals out of the back field and away we'd go! My job, as human-back-brace-with-no-jaw-and-man-inserted, will be to wave, smile, and get my muttering ass out of the way. Will do, gratefully.

Somehow, during all the frenzy, I managed to lose both my belts. Maybe Dr. Hamilton will wire my pants up.