Oh, and today

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For the first time in a long time I have no plans to celebrate the Fourth. I'm going to call my stepmother sometime during the day but her friends and neighbors tend to take her out a lot so I may not reach her. I may make a cake. The nice fellow has to work, and Emma's sort of down for the count because she walked downtown yesterday and her leg is all aflame today. This is because the nerve is inflamed, partly because it hasn't healed from the insults of before the surgery, and partly because it hasn't healed from the insult of the surgery. Dr. Harper warned us about this. He also said it may take months and months to resolve. I think we're just beginning to realize what that means.

I will get some work done this morning, though. I have Word Perfect open with the files I intend to finish.