A Good Day for Kathy (and for Germany)

Today was a good day... when I arrived at the hospital, Kathy was all "unhooked" and dressed for the day. We very quickly took a walk down the hall and back. She was so glad to get out of the room! Later we went outside and walked in the University Botanical Garden. (It is VERY HOT here, right now (7:30 local time) it is 86 with very little breeze. It's been this hot all week, and the hospital is not air-conditioned, so that has taken it's toll on Kathy who doesn't much like HOT. Hottest spell in a decade; average high in July is 78.) So we walked very slowly, and sat in the shade for quite a while before returning. Then we sat in the cafeteria and had some ice-cream. (German ice-cream is very good, quite rich, and we both felt it in our stomachs... agreed we should have split one.) She took a nap for a while while I read, then the rest of the afternoon (probaby a good 2+ hours) we chatted with her roommate who speaks no English... so Dan was translator. My brain is wrecked from trying to figure out recipes and family systems and travel! Supper came about 6 pm and a bit after that I came back to the apartment. It is difficult to leave and be left, so we are counting the days until Monday. We have rearranged our flight home (very easily I might note, thank you Icelandair) and will be back in the US the evening of July 16. Earlier than originally planned, but later than we thought on the day after the MI.

P>S> it was a good day for Germany as they have won their game in fussball (soccer) and there is continual horn-honking, shouting, signing, and merrymaking in the streets.