Oh My Goodness!

I see I've been amazingly silent since the 22nd. I apologise. It has been an enormously complicated and unpleasnant time in many ways. My partner went in a week ago yesterday for a hip resurfacing. So it was a very long week, starting with running to Houston- a five hour surgery- and returning to Houston to visit him while he was in excruciating pain. I confess. I skipped Thursday, the day after the surgery. I am so glad that I did. That's when he discovered his epidural wasn't working. So as he screamed, they discovered that they couldn't get him up to start walking as planned. So instead of his being sent home, ambulatory and with pain under control, they had to keep him until late Sunday. So I commuted Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. And, of course, worked every day as well. He's now doing much better, but I'm failing as cook, housekeeper, nurse, and maybe even Realtor. It's hard to keep it all juggled.
I did spend a glorious afternoon, with my lovely clients, who shall be referred to as "Flotsam and Jetsam". Flotsam chided me today that she'd prefer her Secret Spy name used. The three of us headed to Bolivar to have a late-ish lunch at Stingaree, which I think is the best Seafood restaurant in Galveston County. It is such a labor to get to it that it is a rare event. Sitting in the line for the ferry for half an hour was really kind of nice- we chatted and enjoyed the breezes. The ride across was just fine- I took them up on the upper deck to see the view and enjoy the breeze. The drive across the barren Ike washed penninsula was even now, disconcerting. The tree and buildings which had previously been there, were for the most part gone. Everything looks so different.
- continued in the morning- it's after 11 and I'm failing fast.