Done yesterday (20090428)

[mdlbear]

0428 Tu
  * up 6:15 with alarm; W=190.2; drugs, nose; coffee, C
  * longish visit to Colleen
    ! Calm, loving.
  & Checked with Kim on the way out about discharge plans
    Will be discussed at the Kaiser meeting tomorrow; they're expecting her to
    come home on Friday.  Alice will coordinate durable medical equipment.
  & Lunch at Red Lobster with Colleen & J
  * from N 0427: Tell Jen, when you get home, that Grace asked after her.
  * Schedule cleaning (Th 2-6pm window) 1-800-STEEMER (1-800-783-3637)
  & 15:19 have been cleaning the bedroom desk
  * WFH comp time: read LWN from last week
  & Dinner: made rice; YD had leftover chili, J and I had stir-fried 
    leftover pork with onions and carrots.
  & noodling: sang Wheelin', played October Country and Landscapes
  * Visit to Colleen
    10 sit-to-stands; at least one with no hands!  
    Getting stronger and more confident.
    ! she's frustrated and sad; I'm calm but seeing her upset hurts
  * Puttering on the bedroom: got most of the desktop packed up
  . keep Jen from feeling she should be doing anything for us. (0421) 
  & Visit Colleen, with ice cream, Diet Coke, and laundry
  & Snuggle with Jen; still very much a brother-sister friendship
  * sleep ~midnight

I took a day's worth of vacation yesterday because I wanted to spend more time with the lovely jenkitty before she went home. It was a wonderful visit -- she needed the break, and I needed some companionship and support. We win.

Our friendship has clearly settled down into the kind of brother-sister relationship I have with pocketnaomi -- we got there a lot more quickly and smoothly, in part because I'd been there before. It was new to her. Which is odd -- I'm not usually the worldly, experienced one compared to anyone older than my daughters.

Jen and I had lunch at Red Lobster with Colleen; it was relaxed and happy. Colleen keeps getting stronger and more confident; she did 10 sit-stand-sits in the afternoon, once without hands (which surprised the heck out of her PT). In the evening she was frustrated and sad over how little time she's had with our guests. Seeing her upset hurts a lot.

She'll be home the day after tomorrow.