Of course, the first week of being home has been a flurry -- doing laundry, catching up on a grocery sack of mail, paying bills, reacquainting ourselves with the cat. This afternoon, I'm flying to San Francisco (without Robert) to attend a conference and deliver a talk. While there, I'll see three sets of friends, a nice treat.
The cat continues to progress, though slowly as always. She now comes and visits us in bed and loves to be petted. But she often anxiously runs away if we get up and walk around. I've also opened the study to her so that she can explore another room.
The really big news, though, is that yesterday, Robert was at work and his brother John, who manages Robert from Colorado, appeared just before lunch. Alas, after ten years, it's time to close down the New England branch of the company. So over the next few weeks, Robert will be looking for another job.
We're financially fine for a good long while, which is the good news, but I look forward to Robert being fully employed again, after he has a short break, of course.
After delivering the news and taking Robert and Dawn out for a very nice lunch, John came down to our house to see it and have a short social visit. We had a nice talk, but he of course has pulls at home, and I think he was feeling terribly distressed about his mission. So he extracted himself as quickly as he could, with hopes that he could get an early flight home last night.
On the way out, he thanked us for not being mean to him. I think we both understand that he has a business to run and that business is particularly bad right now. I hope he is eventually successful once again.
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