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The time was coming. I put up with the discomfort for more than a year. But after two frustrating weeks of discomfort, I made the decision to proceed. I engaged the help of Dr. Appell and had the hip replaced. What seems like a serious surgery was made to sound fairly routine. Post operatively, I was in a bit of pain. The whole recovery process is taking a little longer than I had hoped. At the one week mark, I can walk without the walker fairly well. The operative site is still sore and overnight the joint aches a good bit. But from here forward I suppose I can expect to steadily improve, which wouldn't be the case if I had done nothing. 5/31/21: Day by day I get a little better but I am guarding against overdoing it 6/3/21: I've given up the walker for now. Still being ultra careful when walking.  6/4/21: Doing twice the distance this morning felt uncomfortable. I got up feeling much more well. 6/9/21: Still getting better.   6/13/21: Improved sleep and comfort.

I jumped right in and did some bush hogging and it is a good thing I did. Weather came roaring in and dropped rain leaving everything wet.  I never connected with the folks selling their rotary mowers so I bought a new one. But the 284 was very weak. I asked Preston to look at it with me. He dropped down Saturday morning and we found the problem. The plugs had become fouled. Probably needs a new set but we cleaned them and it is running strongly now.  Bev and I pruned the Camelia bushes at the front of the house. They could have been shaped but we agreed that leaving them alone looked fine. So they are shorter and will get another 1/3rd taken off later.  I brought the Murray mower home where I will redo the spindle and muffler so I can mow while I'm down and out with the surgery.  My spraying with the cone sprayers didn't do as good a job as it should. I'll be switching back to the fan sprayers.