“Mad Men” is getting me through the hours I’m not sleeping.

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Four days post surgery I came down with the flu. Hard.

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The day after my surgery, Sam came down with the flu. Today she was well enough to make me a salad, though, while AC went into work for a couple of hours.

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The good news: all went well with surgery yesterday. They gave me a nerve block which is supposed to last 12-24 hours. As I write this, my foot and lower leg are still completely numb. I’m on pain meds already, though, for when the block subsides, which it can apparently do quite precipitously. Foot will remain in the …

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(Blogging while I have a lucid moment). Here’s what the surgeon removed from my left foot.

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Whoohoo! Just as I was despairing of ever getting the pool table off of our driveway, someone bought it and carried it away this afternoon. Now I don’t have to worry about backing the car into it anymore. Of course, I won’t be backing the car up at all for at least 6 weeks. Surgery is tomorrow afternoon. Updates to …

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We were hoping to sell the pool table at last this weekend. We lowered the price, had a number of interested responses, two people said they’d come see it, and… it is still with us Sunday night. Would-be buyers on Craigslist are flakier than a box of corn flakes.

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Short walk on the Old Mill Trail on a beautiful day.

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