Now What?

Looking at our Ohio University calendars the other day, Vince noticed that mine was different than his.  His said school starts again January 14 and mine said we start again January 7.  Sounds worth looking into.  My calendar, the one that says they want us back January 7 (and the one we've been using), said we were through with classes December 6 (the day we left) and Vince's said we were done on December 8 when we were already back in Vermont.  Looking more closely we see that the my calendar is the one for Ohio State University which is not even our school.  Vince's calendar is for Ohio University the one we should have been using and weren't but would explain the funny looks we got when we took off two days early.

Max guarding his Ohio domain

It's hard to know for sure whether Max likes it better in Vermont or Ohio.  In Vermont he has the stressful job of guarding a great big field but we reward him with bones.  In Ohio, our fenced-in yard gives him a very defined work area so guarding is pretty straightforward.   We've tried giving him bones in Ohio too but he's convinced that anyone walking by is going to steal them so he stands and growls and barks.  It's scarey .  He's big and his teeth are really big so bones in Ohio don't seem like a good idea.

Knees.
Last Wednesday an appointment with my knee surgeon determined that while the recovery of my left knee is GREAT, I'd lost 15 or 20 degrees of flexion in my right.  A mild scolding for not seeing him before now, another final cortisone shot and plans for an aggressive month long therapy regime to stave off a yet tbd plan B, we made a physical therapy appointment.  Vinny the therapist took some measurements. 135 degrees of flexion on the left (the most he'd ever seen..on anyone) and 110 degrees of flexion on the right after yesterday's cortisone shot.  Working on it for an hour (imagine surrounding the inside of your knee with shards of glass) gave us another measly 2 degrees which means it's going to be pretty stubborn.  In an effort to find the missing 20 degrees, we scheduled four more PT appointments.  I think I heard the surgeon say something about maybe having to go back in...can't let that happen.

A few days ago I was telling Vin that it was weird being in Vermont with no doctor appointments to structure our stay so now it feels more normal.

Exciting News.
I rarely speak of anyone but myself (and once in a while Vince)  but our niece Olivia got into an Italian Master's program at Middlebury College.  A linguist just like Vin's mother, Nel.