Return to Real Life

Steve and I both returned to a firestorm of activity on our jobs, in addition to taxi-ing around a highly-committed Julianne, with her car in the shop. Life is full! It appears that Juli's car is now fixed, which will make life much simpler.

Many people have asked how Steve is feeling, so we want to keep you updated. Our plans are to continue to post to the blogs, for the benefit of those you who have followed our situation closely. We just don't have the amount of free time that we did in Costa Rica, so postings will likely be less frequent. Steve, at this point, is still pretty much the same. He has a LOT of work to do. We have been told by the Institute of Cellular Medicine that we should expect eight to 12 weeks before seeing any improvement, so it is early yet. In addition to the nerve and spinal cord repair that needs to take place, Steve's muscles have atrophied and he must diligently work to rehabilitate and rebuild them. This is going to take a great deal of time and patience.

Marie, I was able to get out of jury duty! Thanks for the encouragement, as we don't need that on our plates right now. Basically I resorted to begging and the judge excused me. In addition to our already full lives, I am still dealing with the residual effects of the accident I witnessed. Tuesday, the insurance company, for the elderly couple who was killed, called me for a witness account. We went back to the scene of the accident and I recounted everything, again. At that point, I realized that the point-of-impact was only about four feet in front of my car. Too close for comfort! That same day, I learned that the district attorney has asked the grand jury to consider vehicular manslaughter charges against the 20-year-old driver. My feelings are very mixed about this. Life is not black and white; there is a great deal of gray area and I lost a lot of sleep that night.