Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Wascana in the middle of the prairies. We have moved another hour west this weekend, and decided to mesh with Alberta for the summer. We intend to head toward home next week, but now it's an hour further away! The weather has been colder this week, and there was a terrible blizzard that blew across the prairies as well. Wendy is feeling better finally; that's a good thing. She celebrated her birthday this week, as did her Dad. Bern and Alicia hosted a joint celebration for them on Wednesday evening. We drove over to Moose Jaw on Friday to visit Grace; then, we picked up Liam from Caronport for the weekend. Baileys came down on Saturday, and we celebrated Erica's birthday with them here this evening. It's been quite a socially active week! There has been no improvement in my leg, so I look forward to what further therapies my doctors in Thunder Bay may advise. In the meantime, I continue with my blood thinner, elevation and exercise. The markets continued to react in fear, and not even the strong jobs' data on Friday, both sides of the border, could get things moving forward. I suffered losses as a result. The regular season in basketball has ended, so March Madness will now begin! The Jayhawks lost their final game, and will probably lose their #1 ranking as a result. Oilers and Penguins continue through their the playoff push; Calgary is on a run, and has pulled ahead of Edmonton. This week has featured the Brier, and I've been spending a fair amount of time watching the curling! Mike McEwen of MB led all week long, and entered the playoffs against Gold Medal winners, Brad Gushue of NL, Brad Jacobs of NO, and world champion Kevin Koe of AB. It was spectacular curling, but McEwen fell, first to Gushue, then to Koe, and finds himself playing Jacobs for the bronze medal. Koe will play Gushue for the gold, and I find myself in a win-win situation. Naturally, I will be cheering for Koe, but I will also be happy to see hometown boy, Gushue, emerge victorious.
It's been a pretty ordinary week in the Bailey household. One notable aspect is that Erica has begun her Complete Decompression Therapy. Each day she gets a manual lymphatic drainage massage, then her legs are wrapped in compression bandages. She feels like the marshmallow man, but it seems that her calves are losing fluid. She expects that as she loses fluid from her thighs it will take pressure off her knees as well. Today, they drove to Regina for the birthday celebrations! A good time!
Kristian had a great week in school which culminated in a school/family movie night on Friday. Erin took that in with him—they enjoyed Moana for about the 17th time! Today was bowling league, and Kristian failed to raise his average for the first time since we've been attending. We have continued to enjoy our time staying with them, and are very thankful to them for hosting us so wonderfully.
Trav's team has lost out in the city playdowns, so they were unable to repeat their championship run. Still, it was a fine season, and Trav enjoyed coaching them. Trav and Joanna are busy with work—that is going well. They're taking Gemma and Andrew to Minneapolis so they can fly to Florida for Spring Break. We are looking forward to getting home to them next week.
And that's about enough for now.
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