So I took the car in for the estimate on Thursday and it turns out we have a $1400 repair bill on our hands. That's to replace the hood, hinges and hood latch, paint, undercoat and clear coat the hood and blend the fenders. We are not amused. The earliest they could book it was after Easter but after a bit of hummin' & hawin', they decided to take the car right then and would try and sneak it in during a lull in the action so that it wouldn't be sitting around in their lot until after we come back from holidays. Since the car was not drivable I agreed and left it there. Now we are trying to make do with one vehicle until Dianne starts her holidays which means I have been having to drive her back & forth for work as I have needed the car for physio. We thought about dragging the truck out from behind the garage but after looking at the banks of snow we would have to clear to get it out we decided it was not worth it and we could get by for one more week. Dianne is off all next week so it should work out OK.
Tomorrow I go for my next and hopefully last appointment with my orthopedic surgeon to see how things are progressing on the bone mending front. Hopefully things are going well unless I've managed to yank ten pins and screws and a caterpillar dozer blade out of position in my elbow. I am hoping he will release me from wearing my arm brace which is driving me crazy (when I do wear it). Things are going well with pysio and I have almost all my range of motion back. I'm about half an inch from being able to touch my shoulder with my left hand. It's still a bit tender in places and is a bit achy when I push it too hard, but I am getting my strength back and can do most things normally. I have one more official week of therapy after this one and then we will have to assess if more is necessary when we return from Japan, but I don't have to worry about showing up for work again until we get back.
We are really starting to get excited about our trip and have started to make our list of stuff to pack. Sandi has booked us into a hotel for an overnight trip to Hiroshima on the weekend we will be there. We are also thinking about what other excursions we might want to take and are looking into perhaps buying an unlimited rail pass for a week.
The snow is almost gone from our south facing front yard and the temperatures have been very balmy. But we know better than getting too comfortable just yet as it is only the beginning of March and there will probably be another good dump of snow before everything is said and done.

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