If it's not one thing ...

Coming back from radiation today (4 down, 21 to go), there was termination dust in the mountains.  That's what they call the first snow at the end of summer in Alaska (where Bill lived for 10 years).  Pretty much right on schedule, but with the flooding, I guess we've been distracted about the basics, like the seasons.  It did turn to fall a few days ago, after all.

And, we learned today that, notwithstanding Ben's having continually said he's fine and not worried, he's struggling again in school.  His assurances to the contrary, he hasn't turned in a single homework assignment for two weeks.  When asked about it this evening, he said he was "stressed out" because (a) it's High School which has been  a big change from the womb of Horizons (true), (b) because of the flood (he certainly didn't seem stressed during his 4 days off -- giddy rather -- and insistent the whole time he had no homework to do) and because of my arm (which he's said since the beginning he isn't worried about, because the doctors will "fix me").  Sigh.

Yesterday, also, I talked to my mom.  She's feeling much better now that her new (working) fridge has arrived, been installed, and is just there, back to normal.  Not only was it clear from her voice, but also because she offered to come to Colorado after I get home from the hospital to help out.  At this point, we're thinking that's probably not the smartest idea (never mind that her original reason for not coming to Houston -- snow that would disrupt travel -- would only be more likely in January in CO than December in Cleveland).

Plus, I know some of you think I'm crazy, but I was doing some more web surfing over the weekend about aspects of what I'm looking at in terms of the surgery.  At least one site I looked at said that folks who have whole skin grafts typically spent one to two weeks in the hospital.  Now that may be burn victims, because that's the vast majority of people who have such grafts.  And it's obviously not what they told me when they said 3-7 days, even though they said it was likely I would get a whole skin graft rather than the slice-off-the-top I had in August.  Maybe that becomes the difference between 3 and 7 days ...