As most will know by now, Geoff’s surgery went very well. To my surprise he went home the next day. I am also surprised at how well his recovery is going. I thought that with all that pounding and gouging into his bones he would be in a lot of pain, but he has hardly had to take any pain meds. He’s got a sling that keeps his arm immobile but takes it off himself to do his exercises and shower. He hardly needs me at all.

Things are pretty well ready for Christmas here. This is the first year for a long long time that I haven’t been rushing around the last few days, quite a nice feeling. Grace, Dallyn and Sam will get here tonight. Tim and Courtney will be going to Clive. I hope the first Christmas without Dana will not be too hard for the Lubbers family.

We went to Kane’s Christmas concert last night. It was good. Courtney apologized to me a couple of times during the concert, maybe thinking it was getting tedious, but I told her I have been to many concerts so I knew what I was getting into. It was heart-warming to see Kane so enthusiastically singing with his schoolmates.

Afterwards we went out for a hamburger and drove around town to look at Christmas lights. It seems dim without Alfie’s big show.