Thursday 30 July 2020

Went to orthopedist this morning and the good news is... we'll come back to that. And the bad news is that one of two compression screws holding top of femur to hip ball is broken and displaced. They make those things out of supermanium or some such so, all things considered, this might not be a good thing. Could be reason for continuing pain and appearance of constantly walking across same side of mountain. Returning for CAT scan Wednesday then doctor again Thursday. Another operation begins to emerge from mist inside crystal ball. Hopefully soon. May get a shiny, brand new hip with only a three month recovery instead of typical twelve using nails and screws. Would be interesting to see how they remove the nail, which goes almost to knee, from inside bone. Or maybe not. Left hospital with shiny, brand new Euro-style crutches (a bit more wieldy than armpit type) to forestall additional damage. Look like a idiot walking around with the things, but does feel better.

Meantime shiny, brand new asymmetrical spinnaker is getting delivered tomorrow to Bristol Marine in, oddly enough Bristol, about two hours north, so we'll sail up in the morning. Then probably Uber to Providence early next week to buy shiny, brand new MacBook Pro to replace this one, which is showing unmistakable signs of dementia. It's over six years old, which in computer years is even older than me and dirt combined. Getting all manner of new playthings - the good news.

What little we've seen of Newport is pretty nice. Unbelievable number of Beamers, Audis, Porsches and Lexi scooting around. Harbor is full of real boats, i.e. blue water monohulls, some very large, and lots of Hinckleys. First place they've outnumbered tuna towers (reel boats.. chuckle, snort), cats and Beneteau types. Food is good, people are nice and weather is slightly cooler. They have summer here too, just a smidgen less of it than, say, Virgin Islands. Good thing we like it as likely to be knocking about for a little while.

Jack & Jan