jbailey | 3mo surgery update; Step-Grandmother-in-law; Almost back to work

Hey! I have my 3-month update with my surgeon on Tuesday. We'll be hopefully reviewing my movement restrictions and getting the final all-clear to return to work at the beginning of next month. I don't expect that I'll be able to lift Leif, but even if I can twist and bend a little bit and reach out with both my arms at once it would be a huge improvement for me.

Do any of you have any questions? I'm going to ask for some clarification on the photo that I posted before (and hopefully will get another one). But if there's anything that other people want to know, I'll ask as much as I can.

Yesterday my wife's (Angie) father's (Ernie) wife's (Janet) mother (Lydia) died from a heart attack. I've only met her a few times, so I'm not really shaken by it, but she was a really nice lady. Something I think about is that with Janet marrying into the family after Angie and her siblings had all moved out means that there's a large chunk of Leif's family now that Angie and I can't really teach him about. So, I worry about Henry, and I'm thinking a lot about Janet. Since we're going up to Vancouver at the end of the week, we should hopefully be in town for any memorial service.

It's crazy to think back over the past 3 months. Various family members health problems; Leif learning to walk, and getting his first words; Leif moving to his own room and his own bed; Going from where I needed a walker and a trip to the mailbox was far, to where a ~1km to a park pushing a stroller makes me tired, but I can do the trip back easily enough; Going through the work to change to a new work visa; almost completing one of my master's courses; and importantly: I've got 30 of the songs finished on "Hard" in Guitar Hero 2.

It'll be fun to get back to work and regular life, though. =)