Jack is back

[rolanni]

Jack the Giant Killer is back home; the operation to install a new motherboard was a success. He is not yet online, due to a Situation with AVG, but I'll take care of that this evening, or possibly tomorrow evening, depending on the relative state of Other Things.

The weatherbeans are calling for maybe-snow today, and more of the same, to the tune of two to four inches, tomorrow. Today, I think, is the day to pick up the framed art for Mouse and Dragon from the Framemakers.

Only today and tomorrow and then we have winter break. *deep breath*

I figured out that one of the reasons I'm soooooo looking forward to this break is the opportunity to actually and really rest the arm with the rotator cuff injury. My physical therapist complained more than once that patients would get better soon if they would just rest, which, even he admitted, wasn't going to happen in this, the Real World. The day-job obligates me to carry heavyish things up and down from the mailroom, and to move cases full of job applications from here to there, and sometimes from Hither to Yon. Ten days without those obligations may get me the increased improvement I'm hoping for. Right now, I've hit a plateau, where I have more-but-not-complete range of motion, and much-less-but-still-some pain. I'd really like to get back to the full range of motion and pain only when I do something Stupid. Especially being as this is my good arm.

My mother-in-law called the other evening to find out how many inches of snow we'd gotten from The Big Storm(tm), and was slightly put out to be told that we hadn't seen a flake. Y'all who did get dumped on -- are you all dug out now? Are the lights on?

Comments

Dug out...

[psw456.livejournal.com]

Yes we got plowed out and dug out the rest - the very nice sun and temps about 30 have worked wonders. Got 15 inches in Lisbon, MD about 25 miles west of Baltimore - they got a bit more nearer the city. I thought of you guys when I realized the BIG storm would miss most of Maine! I guess it was our turn. We actually enjoyed it as we had NO weekend plans except building a fire, and eating a steak dinner accompanied by a bottle of nice Spanish red that my husband got as a Christmas gift.

Hope the arm/shoulder responds well to rest; I have a similar problem, BUT no day job obligations to interfere...

Best Christmas wishes from snowy Maryland.

mostly dug out

[k-10b.livejournal.com]

Just south of B-more in Elkridge, we received a hefty, drifting 21 inches. Schools have been closed for 2 days now. The road crews did a fairly good job with the main roads, but the neighborhoods are still messy. Lights stayed on for the duration ... hooray!

happy yule to you! stay safe and warm.

KB

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that it was indeed only the motherboard.

Second the motion

[bookmobiler.livejournal.com]

I'm happy for the computer recovery and the upcoming rest for you.

I also really liked that picture on the Framemakers (http://www.theframemakers.com/) web page. Quite ingenious.

To which I must reply: And also with you!

I wonder if they considered using

Shalom

Re: Second the motion

[amm-me.livejournal.com]

Shalom to you!

But "S" and "H" are, I think, harder letters for ordinary people to pull off. No trouble, of course, if you're Piloolus . . . http://www.amazon.com/Human-Alphabet-Pilobolus/dp/product-description/1596430664

Sharon, welcome home to Jack. Hope he takes all future chapters in his stride.

[otterb.livejournal.com]

Here in Bethesda, MD, just north of DC, we got close to 2 feet. We can get out of the driveway and the neighborhood, though, and never lost power or our new FIOS. I did get my husband to give me a lift to Metro - normally I walk, and most of our neighbors are good about clearing sidewalks, but a couple of stretches between here and there are no-man's-land and close to impassable.

It was nice to cocoon for the weekend with all the usual rushing-about canceled due to weather. We put up the Christmas tree. I cooked a bit. I read. I continued to studiously ignore the clutter that needs to be Dealt With.

Jack is back

[(Anonymous)]

It's snowing on Saddleback Mountain, and the snow guns out the window are blasting away. If it gets too cold, I'm told, they don't make snow, just fog. The granddaughters have skied all morning, consumed wedges of pizza larger than they are, and now it ought to be naptime, at least for Nana and Pop-pop. My laptop and I are happily in the lodge, supervising.
It's 31 years since I skied Saddleback. Wow -- surely I'm not that old.
We did not get Big Snow in the west central part of Maine, but that's ok -- we keep what we get, so every little bit counts. Today we should get a couple of inches, maybe, at home, but here on the mountain there's a heavy snow warning (six inches). I think they can handle it.
Sharon, what you need is a skateboard and a leash for those boxes. Don't mess with rotator cuffs -- I speak as One Who Knows. I had a little tear from a fall; I helped belay a storm window of substantial size; I fell again on the smallest piece of ice in Franklin County... until finally my right arm was able to rise only to waist height, and that was that. If you can manage to heal, a few weeks' inconvenience is well worth trading for the surgery. Doesn't ADA cover rotator-cuff resting?
Kathy

[otaku-tetsuko.livejournal.com]

Six to Eight inches here, and no power problems. A very quiet, inside day not doing things we were supposed to be doing, and enjoying that quite a lot. Roads were clear and dry by the following afternoon for the most part. And it's still lovely! Still huge unbroken expanses of white - I am so glad I moved to this pretty, pretty state!

[(Anonymous)]

Honolulu might be a bit chilly, I need a sheet to cover with when I sleep! I'm aiming all my prayers and hexing energy at January 2. My instincts tell me that the Saltation arc will be out by or on that day... *crosses her fingers*

~Lizah C