Long day - but Mom is now back in her apartment.  After two full months away she is naturally thrilled to be home, but quite worn out.  I'm happy to report that she's happy with the way I arranged everything in the apartment.

Everyone we ran into was quite happy to see her.  We had dinner with three of her friends, JJ, Mildred, and Audrey, that I know from previous visits.  It was the perfect welcome-home dinner.

Tom called today, and his foot is not doing so well.  After two less-than-successful visits to the PCP he's trying to see a specialist.  Here's hoping someone can squeeze him in on Monday.  His blast-off date is Wednesday, and at this point he doubts he can get a boot on.  (He's been wearing flip-flops.)  But he'll need to wear boots to dig rock.  

I've been icing my foot as much as possible, which has helped keep the swelling down.  But there is definitely something wrong that needs to be addressed, so Monday I will be trying to find my own specialist at this end.