It has been a bit over two months since I fractured my arm, seven weeks since the shoulder joint replacement surgery to repair the damage and one week since my right arm was freed from the sling.
So it has been over two months since I was last faceting or gardening or doing routine household chores.
And it will be a while before I am back to doing all those things again as I lack strength and have limited range of motion in the arm. I have been told that most likely it will be another six weeks to get the range of motion, then time to rebuild strength.
Day by day I can do a little bit more. I am hoping that in another week or so I will be able to try faceting again. I need to be able to reach the point where I can inspect the stone, not just work with the machine.
Normally this time of year I would be thinking of what to do about holiday gifts and making plans for Tucson gem shows. Like everything else since the end of August, those making those plans has also been postponed.