We've been busy as hell this week; between driving the kids all the places they wanted/needed to go, getting Char to and from PT, babysitting, finishing the sale on the old property, and negotiating new space for the dojang, there hasn't been much time to just sit and chill out.

But, the grandkids are back with their parents, the kids don't seem to have much on their schedules this coming week, the property is officially no longer ours, we got a lease for new dojang space, but the big one: Char has been released from PT.

Everything they can do for her, she can do on her own, and has proven to her doctors that she's motivated enough to do it and not wait and see what happens. Without stairs to confront at home, she's safe here and doesn't need me around all the time (to her relief) and if she does need help, it's a phone call and five minutes away.

The next step is getting her reflexes back so that she can drive; she lags about a quarter second behind her thought processes, just enough to make driving something she shouldn't do. Barring that, she still flinches at certain things when I'm driving, so that's another hump to get over. She worries that she may never regain needed reflexes, and that is a remote possibility, but she’s certain that the flinching will wind down to a minimum (and she has gotten a lot better about that.)

We’ve discussed our options for if she simply can’t drive and I go back to work; I’d guess in that case we’d see what it takes to get Alex a hardship license. No, we have not mentioned this to him. Yes, the idea drives me just a little insane. But if kids in ND can drive at 14, why the hell not?