Bye, bye June!

And, guess what I discovered upon coming downstairs this morning...a picture is worth a thousand words! We had a leaky water heater...which sits on carpet that is in the closet under the stairs...that is in the living room. Old towels came out to sop up the water and the phone calls started! We had to have the utilities board come out to shut off the water (no shut off valve on the water heater itself...and the place next to the house, we can shut off the water is no longer accessible). Then to find a plumber...left a message with the one we used last...when I didn't hear back from him, called again and the recording had changed and they were off till July 5th. The next one I tried said that they could be there in a couple of hours...so...by the time they got there no more water in the tank to leak...most of the water on the carpet had been sopped up. It didn't take him long to fix the leak...AND to add a shut-off valve on the water heater. As much as this wasn't a wanted interruption in our lives, I am just thankful that it didn't happen while we were away at NIH. And, at least it was just a valve leaking and we didn't have to get a new water heater.

I had had plans to go to lunch with a friend...but ended up changing those plans and she came to the house and had lunch and waited for the plumber with me. Misery loves company!!!!!!!!!! We had a nice visit and the plumber came while she was here. But, it is funny trying to fix lunch without water...had to make two trips to Nathan's to borrow their water...one time to fill the tea kettle and one time to wash a tomato!

Woody got up early, went to work, worked, walked at lunch, worked some more, and came home to rest and relax in a house that once again has running water AND hot water if needed. I forgot to mention yesterday that Woody did ask Dr. Holt about the pain he was having in the surgical site on his left scapular area...as to whether he should be having it or not...when it might subside, etc. She said that it wouldn't be unusual at all for pain to last for another month...considering the size of the incision, that muscle had been cut into, etc. She did tell him that it would be ok to start doing some of the exercises that he was doing to increase motion in his upper arm. The surgeon at NIH had told Woody not to exercise his arm to the side for four weeks, but Dr. Holt said that the incision had healed up nicely and it would be ok to resume those exercises.

No word from NIH. I got to thinking that perhaps they will be having their Monday (the 5th) meeting on Friday (2nd) since Monday is a holiday. They met on the Friday before Memorial Day rather than that Monday...so maybe (?) we'll hear something Friday. But...I'm not going to hold my breath!

Our weather is still quite warm...but it seems a little less humid...at least the heat and humidity don't seem to hit you so hard in the face when you open the door to go outside. There was a breeze blowing this afternoon...and in the shade of a tree it actually felt rather pleasant.

And...I finish the blog tonight wondering what July will have in store for us!