Let's start with the good news. Matthew has been in rehab for a week or so, and wrote yesterday that he was standing. According to David, he's got two sessions of physical therapy every day, morning and afternoon, of multiple hours. Sounds like a work-out and sounds like he's a conscientious patient. When we see the photos of him with Donald, we know he has a lot of incentive!! That's a huge reason to be thankful.
We talked to David this week, who was in Albany and he gave us the updates on Matthew and Tina. Annie has a new job, sort of. She's in her second part of her rotation and is joining a new hi-tech division of GE. I have seen some GE commercials where this guy tells his tech friends he's leaving to work for GE and will work on systems to make hospitals and roads work better. I think that's her new division. Anyway, she is telecommuting for the time being, before moving to Boston. Joe has a full plate of work, with a couple of big meetings in December, and continued work on his house. Margaret is in her final lap of the semester, and it probably seems like it will never end. But it does, and then you won't know what to do with your time.
This past weekend, Peter and Janet came up for a little Berkshire chill. Peter and I went even further north to watch the Princeton-Dartmouth game, that was going well until the last 24 seconds. I found out that I actually don't mind losing, I just don't like to see the other team's fans celebrating. Dartmouth won a share of the Ivy title by winning, reminding us that the last time we were here, Dartmouth won and denied us sole possession of the title. Peter said he would never go to Dartmouth again, at least for a Princeton football game.
Mary and Janet were spared the agony, as they were going to Northampton for a live performance of one of Mary's favorite radio shows - The Moth. These are short, true narrated stories that are entertaining and enlightening. Since the football game ended early, we had time to meet our wives for dinner and shopping in Northampton, even though we did not have tickets for the show.
Among our many topics of conversation was hearing the good news that Sean was sworn in as a bona fide lawyer in the state of New Jersey. You did it!
The weekend before Marj and Lew came up, to see an old Berkshire friend who had moved to Montana and was back east for a visit. We are now the recipients of a 51" plasma television, thanks to Lew's intolerance for a little, hardly noticeable discoloration in the screen. We set it up and watched the Patriots - Giants football game that was once again a thriller. Heart attack city.
Yesterday, we saw John and Marilyn who had escaped the sunny weather in Florida for some good old fashioned New England November temps (down to 18 degrees this am). They are both well, with Marilyn full recovered from her knee problems, sp much that she is now playing racquetball.
We are heading down to Washington for Thanksgiving. We're going to be testing our new theory for driving this corridor. You can travel on the heaviest drive days of the year as long as you are through the congestion by noon. So that means an early start on Wednesday and another early one on Sunday to come home.
And after that, we head out to Chicago for a weekend with the Dundee Dicksons, who are celebrating the good news of another grandchild!!
Love and may you all have a Merry Christmas (aren't we supposed to start before Thanksgiving?)
