Back with the program… I hope.

Days 17 & 18 post-op have been good days for dad.

I’m an eternal optimist but I must admit that he was having so many little setbacks that it was iffy how or whether he would have enough sheer will to live to get over what would have been a difficult surgery for someone 30 years younger than his 85.

He is now finally off oxygen — including the moisturized air he was getting to soothe his parched mouth — I have decided that being a mouth-breather is definately a bad thing.

Speaking and being heard is a bit of a problem for him. So little air volume means just a little air through his voicebox and ears pressed close to his head to hear. But he’s got a good attitude and he’s a fighter.

In the meantime I hope do the 50/50 commute. A week at his place and a week back home shooting. Not the most efficient use of time, gas, or resources — but one has to do what they have to do.

Thanks to all my clients and models who are being understanding during this blip in human history.

With luck I’ll get this blog back on track and do a better job posting.

Living in an old Schoolhouse

The New View

It’s a lot of fun living in an old school!  We’ve only been in the building for 1 1/2 yrs.  And that after looking for 2 1/2 yrs for a suitable place.

There were problems when we bought the place.  Any 80 year old building is going to have some problems.  Having been used as Cudahy City School Board Administration offices for almost 30 years the electrical had been updated, the plumbing wasn’t in horrible shape but we did not have heat below the top floor residence and we had a leaky roof.

But now — two major and countless minor projects later — it’s home.  Dry, warm, clean and (shall I say it?)  COZY.  Just how cozy 8500 sq ft can be is a matter of personal viewpoint and has a lot to do with a person’s idea of “personal space.”  But — we love it.  We hare happier here than any place we’ve ever lived before.