This is a placeholder for the well-written, insightful yet funny blog post that should’ve occupied this space today. Paul and Kimberly regret the absence of the aforementioned post; they were otherwise occupied. They send you the following bits of information from their day.

Paul had some difficulty again today with his feeding schedule, and with the skin graft site on his arm, which appears not to be healing as well now as it was last week. (Kimberly called Carol at UW about this, but got voice mail, and hasn’t gotten a call back.) To add to his frustration with the whole tube feeding experience, Paul visited the grocery store this afternoon with Kimberly and her father, which experience he found emotionally eviscerating (his words). He has since been indulging in some well-deserved depressive moaning (his words again).

Kimberly attempted to slow, if not reverse, the steadily creeping entropy in the house. Laundry, cleaning of litter boxes and bill-paying ensued. The cats, ever vigilant, attempted to maintain the status quo by sleeping – and therefore shedding – on said laundry, dirtying said litter boxes, and playfully scattering the envelopes from said bills about the living room floor.

The high point of the day for Paul and Kimberly was a ride in – and for Kimberly, test-drive of – the 2004 Toyota Prius that Kimberly’s parents rented to drive to Vancouver at the beginning of the week. It’s a very nice little car; if Kimberly and Paul were in need of a new car, it would be a contender… although getting used to its hybridness – such as the absence of any idling sound at stop signs – could take a little time.

Kimberly and Paul suggest that you check back tomorrow, when there might be a real blog post to read. Not that they’re promising, but it could happen.