Bill: Sat. Dec. 21: family; retro-fun

Yes, Bill and Ayn had a successful family get-together. It was a drop-in event, so not everyone was there at the same time, but the siblings (Bill, Ben, Brooke) did all cross paths at one point. Grandma came just (JUST) after Brooke and her little family left - oh, no!

So retro-fun: Ayn and I have talked about filling in some downtime with retro-fun, as we remember silly things we've done are that have been said along this journey.

"Don't kill the Marmot!"  You all know Ayn never left Bill's side. During his stay in ICU, she slept on the waiting room floor.  When he was on floor 10K, she was in his room and able to use the window-seat bed area.  We rotated her bedding between two sleeping bags, one of which is the Marmot brand (from REI, if it matters). The first time I was taking it home to wash, we were desperately trying to find the cleaning instructions, because it didn't have a tag.  Bill gave a half-grin and gave his instruction: "Don't kill the Marmot!"

"What am I doing?"  (A recurring theme.) Bill wears an air cast on his lower left leg to support the ankle, keeping it from turning.  I think I posted a picture at one point; it has a tie-dye-ish pattern. Ayn found herself one morning trying to put it on her own leg. Her first thought was "This doesn't seem to be right, hmmm, what's wrong with this, hmmmm, what am I doing?"