Daily Success February 24 – Very Good. It could have been Outstanding with minimal added effort, but that would have been my second “just do enough” thing for the day and I put the few minutes it would have taken to use elsewhere.

Yesterday

Yesterday was a decent day, albeit with a lot of Kentucky Windage on the meaning of “decent.” It started with a visit to Dr. Higgins, most of which was talking about the Camino and this website, which he praised. The business part was over in seconds. No surprises. Exactly what I’ve been assuming was the case since Monday when we looked at my arms in bed: I tore the tendon holding one side of my bicep clean apart. “Happens all the time.” “Get it fixed as good as new.” “You are now in the hands of the surgical scheduler.”

Good times. Said nobody, ever, with such happy news.

Big tear in the rotator cuff, too. And something else, less notable. The big deal at this point is just scheduling the surgery and all that. Sooner is strongly recommended because things in the upper arm do not get better with time.

I also spent an hour with Monika. The piriformis remains angry, in a generally hostile, but not aggressive way. It limited my walking to about a half mile yesterday.

Sam finally broke the news that he’s not going to pay me even pennies on the dollar; tiny fractions of cents at most.

Today

Today must begin with getting things scheduled for surgery. Not much I can do on a Saturday, but I will do what I can.

Exercise, Spanish, Poli-Sci.

And Sam, of course. Allen does not feel able to help any more. I’ve reached out to the ND Alumni Network for help. Some caution, but I’m perfectly willing to see all of this end up with nothing as long as that’s Sam’s share, too.

The Future

The next one to two weeks will be dominated by surgery to repair my right shoulder and bicep tendon. Within that limit, I’d like to get to the Gathering if at all possible. Even if I arrive “late,” I’d be there to be part of the hosting folks on Sunday and to visit the UTSA kids on Monday.

Longer term, who knows. Dr. Higgins says fixing my arm is straightforward. I’ll have it entirely, or almost entirely, as it was before the tendon broke. We shall see and I will do everything in my power to “make it so.”