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We’ve had these three dead Aspens in our yard since we moved in. We have tried unsuccessfully to revive them. So this summer we were definitely, absolutely, without-a-doubt going to cut them down. My hopes of that happening were kind of dashed about a week ago. Oh well I figured, there’s beauty in dead, rotting trees.

Then around noon today Sam and Justin unexpectedly showed up and they brought Knute (tied for best dog ever) and a chainsaw. I didn’t know they were coming, but the company was very nice indeed. They managed to keep Bri entertained and busy for a few hours and they did me a HUGE favor. The most remarkable thing was that they finished the job in about 20 minutes. No joking, I went outside to tell them to be careful and all three trees were lying in the yard. Less than 15 minutes later the trees were chopped up and loaded into the back of Sam’s truck. They even raked up all the fallen branches and debris for me. I was impressed and now my backyard looks much different. It’s kind of weird not having the dead trees. Thank you very much Sam and Justin, it was greatly appreciated!

It’s day four and Bri is still being a TROOPER. Sam and Justin remarked that he was “in a pretty good mood for a guy in his condition”. Honestly, I couldn’t agree more. Bri’s ability to just go with the flow has made things really, really bearable. Today was the first day his Doc. said it would be okay to move around a bit. So we moved him outside (along with phone, footrest, ice-pack, water, sunglasses, sunscreen, Kindle, and meds) onto the upper deck. He was able to spend a solid hour in the fresh air and managed to get a bit of sunshine. In the meantime I changed the linens, washed the blankets and freshened up his room. He then got to hang with some guys (he’s probably so sick of me) and watch a gory movie. Overall, I think it may rate as a pretty good day.

Pain-wise Bri seems to be having a really good day. Only Ibuprofen! He wants to thank Pity for the card and the junk-food he splurged on tonight. Turns out he did read your card…and he still has a crush on wonder-woman!