Done this week (20140720 Su - 26 Sa)

[mdlbear]

The main news this week is that my Mom had open-heart surgery Tuesday morning. They replaced her mitral valve, and repaired another (which wasn't in the original plan, so it went longer than expected). She was in really bad shape when my brother drove her to the hospital in the morning, and there was some debate as to whether they should do the surgery. She's 93.

We needn't have worried. They had her up and walking the next day; she called me on Wednesday sounding like her old self, and she's bouncing back much faster than her doctors expected. I'm not surprised; Mom's amazing, and she keeps on proving it.

The moon landing was 45 years ago last Sunday. Sad -- we were all sure there would be lunar colonies by now. Not to mention flying cars, robots, artifical intelligence, and free single-payer health care for everyone in the US.

Lots of good links in the notes.

0720 Su Moon Landing Day, 45 years ago
  * up 8am; W=212.0; shower
  ! 1pm despair.  After a cleanup made worse by not having supplies.  As it turned out, we
    had them -- but nobody had put them away properly.  Growf.
  ! 6:30 feeling old.
  * filling out forms for the title company and escrow agent.  :(

0721 Mo
  * up 6:15; W=212.0; 
  : Nice, cool day for a change.
  @ America's Overwhelming Contempt Toward Atheists and Muslims f(Nora Rivkis)

0722 Tu
  * up 6:30; W=212.0
  @ Privacy Badger | Electronic Frontier Foundation
  * Al called; Mom's heart surgery went well.  She is, however, still unconscious.
  @ The Story of One Whale Who Tried to Bridge the Linguistic Divide Between Animals and
    Humans | Science | Smithsonian (ysabetwordsmith | Poem: "A Voice from Beyond"

0723 We
  * up 6:15; W=213.2
  * Another update on Mom -- they took the breathing tube out last night; she woke up and
    within an hour was fully alert.  Heart function looks great.  She'll probably be out
    of ICU later today.

0724 Th
  * up 6:00; W=212.2
  : Mom called, just as I was getting off the bus.  She's doing spectacularly well.
  : Kat made honor role; invited to join Phi Beta Kappa (or the JC equivalent)

0725 Fr
  * up 6:30; W=210.2
  @ Lawsuit Filed To Prove Happy Birthday Is In The Public Domain; Demands Warner Pay
    Back Millions Of License Fees | Techdirt 
  * Pay bills.
  * learned a new word:  Merkin via (Women Want Bushy Brows and Are Wearing Face-Merkins to Get Them) via FB.

0726 Sa
  * up 7ish; W=211.8; shower, dishes
  * overdue address book updates; dotfile cleanup on Nova
  * Out with Colleen to pick up glasses; fabric store for pattern material (drafting
    linen) Got some st/rolling in, so yay!
  * some weeding in the front yard.  Watering.  Seattle yards aren't supposed to need
    watering.  Grump.
  @ doc:installation:x2goserver [X2Go - everywhere@home] 
  @ Stonekettle Station: A Few Thoughts on Religion Jim Wright nails it as usual
  @ This Is Another Kind Of Valentine | What a Witch on not recognizing flirting.

Comments

[kyrielle]

Your mother sounds awesome, and I am so glad that she is recovering so well. :)

[mdlbear]

Thanks! She is awesome.

[gingicat]

Wow, yay for your mom!

[jcfiala.livejournal.com]

Cool! I'm glad your Mom's recovering so well and so quickly.

[mdlbear]

Thanks!

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

Yikes! All the best to your mother!

I think that in the 1960s memories of the Second World War, and to some extent its origins in the Versailles Treaty, were sufficiently vivid that people-in-general hoped to build enduring peace by farming carrots for all, instead of (exclusively) by the stick-waving of the dominant. And investment wasn't thought of thriftless and foolish-- not even social investment....

[mdlbear]

Well, the 60s also included the Vietnam war and the assassinations of John Kennedy and Martin Luther King, among others. But, yeah; science was respected, and liberals were considered centrists. That counts for a lot.

It didn't last.

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

As what does?

[kayshapero]

Yay! Glad to hear your mom's doing well.