Today was full of activity.  First, we got our first post-Sandy delivery from Fresh Direct, so it is great to have some fresh food in the house.  We had some pasta tonight, which was quite good, if I do say so myself.  After the delivery, the first aide arrived from the MJHS, and she was not really very helpful, so if she is back tomorrow, I will ask for a change.  David was a little annoyed that I wasn’t more forceful with her, but I told her the two things that I needed done were some laundry and the boxes from the Fresh Direct delivery needed to be taken to the trash room a few steps outside the door.  Neither was done, and I just don’t have the energy.  After I asked her to do that, she went directly to the checklist that the nurse had left to see if either of those things were on the list, and then sat for the next four hours, except when David needed anything.  That was helpful, certainly, but not really to me.  At 12:30 the Nurse arrived to check in, and at 1pm the afternoon aide arrived who we arranged through Selfhelp.  She immediately started laundry and took the boxes out, dusted and cleaned the kitchen.  Then we sat and watched “The Hunger Games”. I was surprised that I liked it, I didn’t expect to, but was curious.

At about 3pm and just as the snow started collecting on the roofs outside the windows, Jonathan Deull and Sheryl Sturges stopped with some goodies from up north (Vermont) for a short visit – they had to rush to beat the snow upstate.  Then at 3:30pm, the Physical Therapist arrived, who was also arranged by MJHS, and she was terrific.  Rose is her name, and David liked her a lot.  She also had David walk using the kitchen counter as his “barre” which worked very well.  He was once again adamant about her coming back to work with him.  She thinks that the insurance will cover at least three weeks with two to three sessions a week as a bridge to outpatient rehab.  She suggested that we look into rehab at the Hospital for Joint Diseases – and we go full circle!  We are going there for a doctors appointment tomorrow, so I will check that out.  David and I are also looking forward to a visit to the 9th Floor.

The last bit of news, and as an introduction to a story – I was called back for two roles in “Urinetown” – Cladwell (which I played) and Fipp.  The audition is on Friday at 1:30pm, and I told David this, but he kept getting confused about how I was going to go to the Doctor with him, and go to the audition.  I told him that one was on Thursday and the other on Friday, so we were OK.  After the second time through this, I said it would be a good idea to print out a schedule for the next two weeks.  Well, that was a mistake!  I gave him the schedule and he started asking why something wasn’t on it that are happening three weeks from now.  For any of you have worked with David, this is par for the course.  He gets very, how shall I say, anal, and begins to think that I have left very important things off the schedule, which I probably have, but, you know, we will figure it out, and our dance-card is not even close to being filled!