Finally

The handyman showed up just before I left for work this morning. When I got home after work, this is what I found:

There's some touch up priming I need to do, and I probably should have told him to not bother putting the trim back up on the inside (I was planning to replace it anyway), and I need to decide on a color to paint the door itself.

Not too much guidance from the HOA on that front. This is what one of the board members told me last year: 

You are empowered to change your door.  The only restriction on the front door is that it must closely match the other doors in the complex.  It also must have a storm door which is something that xxxx has yet to deal with.

All of the original doors were plain wood slabs, stained a dark walnut color (you can see my original down below). However, xxxx has his painted a color that more closely matches the siding of the buildings, and still hasn't installed a storm door, and I've heard nothing about any trouble. I can't remember if I've seen any other doors that have been replaced or not. One option would be to just go ahead and paint it what I want, and what looks good, and if the HOA complains, just paint it again.

8 weeks

"Only" 8 weeks until surgery. There's only two reasons why I don't which it was next week. First, I still haven't made a final decision on which device to go with. I am definitely leaning strongly towards one, but I'm still waiting for answers to a couple of questions before I think I'll be ready to decide. The second, is that it means the end of summer.

I'm still not feeling much anxiety about the surgery itself. I think that will be the easy part. I have much more anxiety about the activation and the rehab after that: will it actually work for me? How hard is the rehab going to be? What is every thing going to sound like?

I also got a letter from the clinic yesterday, announcing a CI picnic for recipients, candidates. It had interesting timing, being the day before my scheduled surgery. That will make for a busy weekend. The Headwaters 100 in Park Rapids is that Saturday. Normally, I drive in to Fargo Saturday night, but this year, since I have to be at the hospital at 5:30 AM Monday morning, I was planning to drive home after we finish (Not that a four hour ride is going to be fun after biking 100 miles). I guess the picnic guarantees that plan.