The Maxsons

Well, I managed to work from home last week, and I’m planning to this week as well. My appetite and energy seem to be slowly increasing. Some random foods still taste strange or sound bad to begin with - mostly milk and sugary foods, it seems. Since I was a fan of both of those food groups prior to surgery, I’m hoping my taste buds come around soon! From what I’ve read, it can take a few weeks for the anesthetic chemicals to fully exit your body, or it could be a remnant of the morphine and Vicadin days - who knows. I go see the surgeon on Thursday for the first time since I was in the hospital, so hopefully he will have some insight on my progress to date and what I can expect in the future. If I continue to feel better this week, I may go back into the office next week.

One of the unforseen benefits of recovering from surgery in October is that I’ve had the opportunity to watch a lot of playoff baseball games on TV. I wish I could say I planned it that way, but no such luck. Especially back in the division series, it was nice to have some “live” daytime entertainment other than soap operas and movies. I have to say I was unprepared to be captivated by the story of the Detroit Tigers, who I’m positive I haven’t even seen play a game in years and probably wouldn’t have been able to name more than a couple of their players. I don’t even usually get too interested in AL baseball, other than rooting for whoever is playing the Yankees. In this case, that was my initial draw to the Tigers, and the way they dispatched the Yankees and A’s was remarkable. The way they celebrate is refreshing, too. It’s nice to see a team that almost looks shocked that they won in front of a city that’s used to being shocked if they won. Nice work.

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