Deep Freeze

Welcome to the Ice Age! It has finally hit Alberta with a vengeance! -50C with the wind chill this morning. However being a good Sask. girl I put on my ski-pants, 2 jackets, scarf, hat, mitts, Sorel boots. When I arrived at work the staff laughed! However I was warm and they were not. Practicality before fashion when winter comes knocking!
Continues to be cold in Sask. as well. Mat didn't have therapy because the staff couldn't make it. But dad still made Matt work. They bought some scratch and win tickets and dad wanted Matt to scratch it himself. So dad taped a fingernail file to Matt's right index finger, placed a flat surface on Matt's lap and placed the scratch and win ticket on the surface with fun tack (that blue stuff). Well Matt won, so they had to go back downstairs to buy another one. Wouldn't you know it Matt won again! So another trip downstairs. This went on for 3 hours!! Matt, having to scratch on his own got to be pretty tiring, but he kept on until he was finished. Matt also played crib and a game dad used to play when he was young called "High Q" . Not sure exactly what it is but it is a solitary game that consists of moving large pegs into holes, using different strategies until there is only one peg left. Good work Matt, you will have to teach me that one.
No suctioning for 5 days and counting!! What a blessing that is! Matt feels so much better today because the "internal" discomfort he was having has now been removed, so eating was again a thing of pleasure. I think back to how many days in a row Matt would feel terrible, and thank the Lord it isn't like that anymore. You've come a long way, baby! Psalms 92:4-5 "For you make me glad by your deeds, O Lord; I sing for joy at the works of your hands. How great are your works, O lord, how profound your thoughts."