Dad update

In case anyone's been kept up at night worried about it, Dad had knee surgery on his left knee on Saturday last weekend. The nerve blocker they used was really good, but of course when it wore off the next day wasn't so good. He's got a hard brace on his whole leg. Within a month he'll get the same surgery on the other one, followed by some 6 months of rehab. :( Could be worse! It turns out that he'd torn both knee-quad tendons 3/4 of the way through.

Phone call

The other day my mother called me from the nursing home where my Nga Boo (grandma) is staying these days. After chatting with Nga Boo for around ten seconds, including wishing her an early Gun Shi Fah Zeh (Happy Chinese New Year's, Sun Jan 29), I then talked with Mom for a while. Apparently Dad suggested that this year, for their 40th anniversary, they renew their vows. It surprised me that Mom'd go along with this in the first place, as she's not all that romantic, and while Dad is, she doesn't understand what he views as romantic. I said something like, "oh, huh!"

She went on to say, "Dad's been looking at the world in a new way since he got injured. He was thinking since we've never been to Vegas, we should do it there, and I agreed."

"That's neat! I'd love to --"

"And he wants us to get an Elvis impersonator."