On-line again!

We're baaacckkkk!

I have no idea what they did other than on Sunday morning we plugged our kitchen Mac directly into the modem and left both of them on. Tonight, when I tried to get out on the web because the Mac is the only machine plugged into the modem, the browser was intercepted with a Comcast "sign in here" menu. Sort of like you get at hotels when they want to charge you for using their internet connection.

It asked that I download a Comcast application. I did and ran it.

And ran it.

And ran it.

And ran it.

And ran it.

And ran it and it worked! To be fair, each time I ran it it failed at a different point. Then I'd reboot the Mac, try to open the browser, and get intercepted again. It would restart the application and it did recognize that I was a returning user but it insisted on confirming my account number for each restart. You know you have done something too many times when you can recite a meaningless 16 digit number from memory.

Anyway, we are back on line as of right now for as long as it lasts.

As for Mary, she made the trip to Stanford today for the blood test. MaryR provided taxi service. We have heard nothing.

Speaking of hearing nothing, the phone lines are working because the cable is up and running.

Tomorrow is a big day! For the first time since the surgery on May 11, Mary is going to drive. She has a hair appointment with Kevin in downtown LG and she plans on driving, parking and walking all by herself! The good news is that Kevin's salon is about two miles from here and involves a left turn from Golf Links, a right turn onto Winchester, driving straight for about 2 miles and a left turn into Kevin's shop. The tricky part is finding parking in LG in the middle of the day within a comfortable walking distance for Mary. I am sure she can do it.

As for the bloated condition, that is still the case. She is feeling very uncomfortable and she reports the volume of fluid she is producing seems "a bit more than normal." That is a good sign but I will we could see the stretched abdomen really start to relax. The skin is stretched very, very tightly.

The picture was taken last Friday while we waited for the ultrasound. Mary was talking to Reenie and was absolutely enjoying herself. I got lucky and got a really nice picture of her laughing. You can click on it to see full size.