I’ve spent the past 4 days struggling through a cold. Working at about 60% capacity.

Feeling a little better each day.  I’m looking forward to the CAT scan on Friday, which coincides with the wedding reception of my dear friends Whit and Nicole.

For the past 3 days I’ve slept til 7 am, thanks to a concoction Kaki developed combining homeopathic and other ingredients.

We got our tickets to Burning Man in the mail. Now the goal is to try to get surgery in time to be well enough for Labor Day weekend.

Looking forward to my friends Robert and Christine visiting from New York.  Robert is the guy who does the spectacular balloon art at Burning Man and other festivals.  For those of you who haven’t seen it, imagine a 2500 ft. long strand of balloons, pinpoint lights, and bells arcing up into the night sky. Or better yet, here:

All this will be a good distraction until Monday, when I meet with Dr. Kirkwood to decide about the surgery.