Roof work

The relative quiet here has been broken as workmen put new shingles on the roof of the house. It seems odd to me, because the house is only three years old! The shingles on the roof of our house back in Vermont lasted 25 years before we replaced them, and even then, we were not experiencing any leakage. But here, they have had some curling of shingles and minor leakage, I guess, and the landlord activated her warranty and got a new roof. Not the best timing because Betsey had opted for a quiet day at home today, after a morning PT appointment. So much for the quiet part of that!

         Shingles being delivered and sent to the roof on a conveyor belt! 

 

                      Workmen taking off old shingles and putting on new. 

Otherwise, this has been a relatively good week. Betsey has worked shorter hours than usual, had two appointments with Lyria, her Qi gong healer, a PT session, and a session at an orthotics specialist. Today she worked at PT on going up stairs with the brace on her lower left shin. She had a day when she felt very frustrated in her work, feeling that she couldn't concentrate sufficiently to produce an acceptable product, but a session with her supervisor seemed to relieve some of those worries. 

I have had a productive time at the Library tracking down sources and checking footnotes in the Tolles MS I'm working on. I got a big boon yesterday when Rob used his ID # to get me into an online archive of academic journals - called JSTOR - which has opened up scores of published articles - mostly book reviews - by Ellen's dad, that I had no previous knowledge of. So that has kept me busy during those spaces I 'm not needed in other ways. Today I went shopping at Whole Foods - what a store! Also took back a library book for Betsey and picked up a new one being held for her. 

The plan is to be here until Sept. 5th. An amazing journey to accompany my daughter through this time and see her amazing spirit at work.