Friday, August 21, 2009

This week we've been relaxing into our summer--finally. Tommy is now in outpatient physical therapy. The therapy practice, called Tidewater, is close--maybe a half-mile toward the ocean from the Food Lion. Tommy will have three sessions a week for a month, possibly longer. Tommy really likes the folks there, and I do too. Besides working with the therapists, Tommy does about eight minutes a session on a machine that he loves and that is perfectly suited to him. I looked it up on the internet: It's officially called a "recumbent step trainer," and it's top of the line. Of course, it costs a small fortune; on eBay, the closest used one was in Indiana, and it was going for $2,600. Plus, shipping would cost a small fortune. So, no go for adding one to the home gym. However, I'm going to check with the senior center workout places around here and see if any of them have one; if so, maybe we can join after Tommy is finished with outpatient therapy.
We had a visitor from DC for the last couple of days named Onka Dekker. She's a woman about my age who worked for Tommy a long time ago, i.e., she's one of the "boatyard family" and has remained friends with our friend Capt. Steve Doles, who is now in Florida. Onka painted boats for a summer, and says that she loved working at the boatyard because it was such a refuge from the craziness of the city. She has returned to college to get a degree in history and is writing a paper on the closure of the boatyard, so she came to interview Tommy. It was a fun visit.