River: On the bright side

[mdlbear]

Both Colleen and I are doing much better today than we were last night. Much better, as in optimistic and basically contented with the progress she's making. Nice thing about Good Drugs -- they make it a lot easier to bounce back after bad news. Yeah, we were depressed last night -- who wouldn't be, after finding out that she wasn't coming home until next week instead of this Friday? But we're OK now.

Her left knee is still weak -- it may never come all the way back to useability; she's going to get fitted with a brace in case it doesn't. (That was my idea, BTW.) We're going to practice getting in and out of the van today. She just started with the commode yesterday; I am not going to be able to cope unless she can take care of herself. And so on.

Not to mention that now I have time to get the bedroom cleaned up and maybe even get the carpets steam-cleaned. Right now I've made significant progress, but there are boxes and bags of stuff everywhere, and I haven't even started on the desks.

Did I mention that I still have to clean the guest room and launder the sheets and pillowcases? That, too: the lovely jenkitty is arriving Friday afternoon. And with Colleen able to get out on 4-hour passes, we'll still have the opportunity for lunches or dinners out.

So,... at this point, relief and optimism have trumped depression and despair. I'm not complaining.