I got home from North Carolina -- where I was staying with my mom
while she had hip replacement surgery -- last night at around 8:30.
It was a stressful week.  The surgery went well, but Mom was quite
disoriented afterward -- an effect of the pain meds, probably
compounded by her age (88) and her small size (108 lbs.).  She was a
difficult patient -- argumentative without making any real sense.  She
was more lucid yesterday, and was moved into the rehab clinic at noon,
after which I left for the 7-hour drive home.  Unfortunately, soon
after I arrived home I got a call from the rehab place saying that
they'd decided to send her back to the hospital as she was having
severe stomach pain and vomiting.  Apparently it was some sort of
intestinal obstruction, which I gather is cleared up now, but they're
keeping her in the hospital a few more days, and my brother and I are
both keeping in touch by phone.  

I ate more than I should have some of the time this week -- sitting
around in Mom's room was a bad combination of boredom and stress --
and I only found time to exercise once.  I would like to not turn to
eating at such times, but I wasn't out of control or anything, and I'm
sure no real harm was done.  (I'll be posting my food & exercise log
later, after I get everything into my spreadsheet.)

It's good to be home, anyway :-).

Chris
262/144/ (145-150)  {probably weigh more now, but will see at the gym
tomorrow}