Where we're at.

Hello everybody.

I've been pretty delinquent with the blog since we came home from the hospital...god, over three weeks ago now. Since then, I guess a lot has occurred in the world at large; it definitely rolls along heedless of our tiny little lives. We do pay it a lot of attention, though. I, for instance, kept Jenny up with Twitter and HuffPo well past her bedtime during the awful events in Boston (and Texas. and China.)

That's for sure, but the massive size and speed of the world also reminds me of how important community is, so much more than anything on CNN. So, with that in mind I'm sitting here tonight, after a rare day shift, and after a nice meal with JZ, just typing away without thinking about it much.

Of course, this blog is about Jen's recovery...

Here's the thing about that---the thing that might inform a bit about the paucity of posts on the blog, recently. And that thing is that it's a hard row to hoe, this surgery (and cancer) recovery. It's a damn slog. It's two steps forward, and then you slide back a few. It's painful and messy and difficult. That's just the way it goes, and it's exhausting and really pretty hard to report on. I'm thinking that ya'll don't want to read that stuff, as much as I don't want to write it.

But. But, but, but...I can definitely and confidently say that the general trend in Jen's health and state of mind is, and has remained, positive. She is getting well, sure as it's Springtime. Last night we even had our first date out---first since March 11 when we had the "last supper" out with Mama-Jane---Indian food, the night before Jen's first surgery. But, last night we hobbled to the Vita Cafe and had a short mini-dinner (thanks to a gift-certificate from great friends) before hobbling back home and falling into bed from the exertion.

So, that's where we're at. It's a better place, we remind ourselves often, than where we were February 21st. That's the day before they found cancer in Jen.