[Elspode]

Steve is doing physically very, very well. Emotionally, mentally...not so well.

He's not adjusting as well as I'd hoped in going back to his life prior to the surgeries. He got used to being around people (he lives alone and is rather socially isolated) and having people making a bunch of fuss over him all the time. He craves a lot more attention and interaction than he did before, and it is so damn hard for us to be there for him with him living elsewhere.

Not quite sure what we are gonna do yet. His return to work has gone very well, and that is important. We've just had a brand spanking new community center open up here in Grandview (it is *awesome*, truly), and we've signed him up for a membership there, so hopefully he'll get a lot out of that...perhaps a better physical self-image and perhaps some socialization as well.

I appreciate you asking, OC...how's things been for you? You've been sort of quiet around here, at least, about your run of the mill affairs, lately.