Illness and Injury

A month ago, I banged my knee up trying to stop Lola from going over the wall. I had let her out into the garden area downstairs, never expecting her to make the leap up to the top of the wall that separates our yard from the neighbors. She’d been out for a while so [...]

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Ups and Downs

I finally fell down the stairs Friday. I figured it had to happen someday, although I was expecting it to be on the stairs of death leading to the upper floor, not to be on the last few steps to the ground floor. I was standing on the last steps, talking to Giovanni, but when [...]

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Catching Up

I think everything caught up with us yesterday. As a result, we barely left the house and made return trips to bed to try and conquer the exhaustion that seemed to set in. Despite the bulk of the furniture arriving from IKEA yesterday, all we managed to get put together was the four dining room [...]

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