Dropped The Daughter off at the gym this morning and then headed over to Sears to have a couple of new tires installed. One thing I always notice when I'm up here is that the people working the counter at places like Sears Automotive are so much more helpful and corteous and expecially quick than I'm used to. We wandered around the big mall in nearby Coralville while the they put on the new tires, getting back to the gym just as The Daughter was having the team trainer change out the wound dressings. Mike the trainer seems to be very knowledgable and was in fact in the OR during the surgery. We got him to add footnotes to the photos taken through the scope and to explain in a bit more detail exactly what had transpired. It was nice to have someone on the inside. Tonight we'll be heading over to the head coach's house for some chicken gumbo that The Wife made last night, but right now I'm sitting in The Daughter's room at The House taking full advantage of their WLAN. Meanwhile, she is snoozing on her bed thanks to the painkillers, with the laptop on one side and her crutches on the other. I think that the knee is hurting more than she admits. I have some photos of the surgery diagram that I'll put up when I get a chance.
Back on the home front, it feels kind of like the Fed is starting to backpedal on their very public promises to rebuild New Orleans. Congress adjourned last Friday for two weeks leaving nothing new on the table but some lame plan to let the cities along the Gulf coast apply for loans. These cities, and more specifically their economies, need support right now in the form of cash that can be paid to citizens. Long-term loans are not going to help in the short term and if there is not more help in the short term the long term will be very long indeed.
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