Ashland, Oregon

Laurel is going with her class tomorrow by bus to Ashland, Oregon for the Shakespeare festival. They leave from school tomorrow at about 10 a.m., and will arrive in Ashland about 5 hours later. They'll be staying in a dorm at one of the nearby universities and attending workshops and plays for the next 2 days, and then they'll be returning late Monday evening.

Knee tale part two

It's been about five weeks since I had the doc check my knee. I've had two visits to the physical therapist and have been doing a set of six exercises to strengthen the muscles around my knee. Bike riding is on the list of exercises, though the therapist didn't ask me to do it. However, I think I'll have the bike tuned-up, and start riding in the park since the weather is so nice. On the whole, I believe the knee is getting better, but it has not been a linear trip. I have one more visit to the therapist next week, and if it's not significantly better after that, I will probably be sent for an MRI to re-evaluate the original diagnosis.

On a different note, I heard via the grapevine today that our townhouse condo conversion project is "dead as a dodo." Haven't heard why, but we had been wondering why the buyer never actually filed the application to convert with the city Planning Dept. We are speculating that there must be either some fatal flaw in the construction (cracked slab?) or that the cost to bring the buildings up to code is prohibitively expensive. At any rate, this means that we will NOT have to move again this summer!! (Big sigh of relief!)