Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has turned to more seasonal, with daytime highs remaining below zero most days. We have continued to be blessed with very little snow, which benefits Wendy as she has driveway duties since my surgery. The last time we had to clear a big dump was the morning of my surgery—so I got in one last shovelling episode then! I am making good progress with my back. I was back to see the surgeon on Wednesday, and along with dumping all over him for the failures of post-surgery care, he told us about the surgery, and approved how things were looking for my back. He has approved rehab work, and I have managed to check in with the physiotherapist and schedule my first session for Feb 26th. I remain quite impatient as everything feels good—much better than before the surgery, and I am eager to get on with things! My plan is that I should have full range of motion and get into golf at the end of May. I continue to be grateful that Erin encouraged me to go for this "while I was still young"! I regularly watch woodworking videos and look forward to getting back into the shop as soon as it warms up again. We have had a busy week with choir practices, home group, and a lovely Valentines supper out with Travis and Joanna! The markets took a major dump on Tuesday as USA inflation data showed up higher than expected, but we recovered from that in the remainder of the week. Sports has also become very busy with the opening of the Scotties on Friday. My local favourite, McCarville, is back, and my returning favourite, Einarson, is as well. They clashed in the feature game tonight, so I enjoyed that—Einarson won! In hockey, the Leafs and Pens are playing a bit better, while my Oilers are slumping after their 16-game winning streak. All won their most recent games at least. The #6-Jayhawks were dropped two spots in the rankings; they split their games this week, losing ugly to TTech, and then winning ugly over OU.
Erica writes, "For Valentines Day, Eric and I did a Clue-based escape room. Unfortunately, we did not escape. So, we went back on Friday and were more successful! It was a lot of fun. We were asked to test out a new room while we were there, but I had book club, so, we had to decline. We need to make some plans for June—we have Greg’s wedding and Haaken is coming home for a month. But, I haven’t got myself into gear to book anything. I must be too focused on our trip to Arizona this week."
Kristian had a session at Sask Polytech on machining last weekend, but that seems to have been a one-off, so nothing this weekend. He, along with his curling team has been invited to attend a draw at the Brier next month—I'm jealous. Erin keeps doing her several jobs and looks forward to settling into her new job. She took off Thursday and Friday to let her replacement work on her own and see how she managed it.
Travis and Joanna keep busy. Joanna has been fighting a cold most of the week, but they still took off time to take us out for Valentines supper—thank you so much! They continue to have some hockey team photo shoots, but that is dwindling now as the hockey regular season nears completion.
And that's enough for this week.
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