Catching up

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

So I am on a week long work furlough so I won't be posting nearly as much as normal. The Memorial Service went very well I thought. And Emily is slowly recovering from a particularly brutal ear infection/cold virus that had her sitting at 102-103 for 2 days straight. I am taking advantage of the time off to get some rest for both of us, keeping everyone healthy.

The Memorial Service went quite well, with special thanks to Forrest for stepping up and conducting the kind of service I think Manny would have wanted. There was the proper mix of reverence and humor for the occasion. And of course thanks to all the friends and family who aided in the preparation, set up and clean up, we could not have done it without your help.

Emily had a couple of real bad nights Thursday and Friday, then started to at least sleep a little better. Today she is on her second long nap, getting lots of rest. She was her normal self for a while but just doesn't like it when Daddy is doing something on the computer.

So I might do some yard projects, nothing huge just some things I have been thinking about for a while, while I have some time off and the weather is so nice. Tomorrow I have yet another procedure for my neck (hopefully the last before they do the actual neurotomy. But this week I am keeping it low key for my time off, just trying to get myself and Emily healthy. I have 2 more weeks, one in March and one in April, and might be more ambitious for those.