In case anyone wondered where Sam went for awhile.....
In late October I got the almost worst phone call of my life.
My wife was on a church mission trip from Iowa to Sturgis SD to help rehabilitate a home. On an off day when not needed, she met a high school friend to go to lunch and catch up on old times.
As they drove, somehow the car got bumped or cutoff and careened across I90 over the median into a westbound semi. The hospital called saying I should get there ASAP. She suffered shattered hip socket (new hip ball and socket) and tear to aorta (repaired). It was touch and go for many days. She is back to her personality wise, but will be in rehab for at least a year.
As a consequence, it means she very most likely be on the house ground floor, no stair climbing. Which means the layout we labored over will very most likely come down, with bed and potty chair etc gracing the space. But if it speeds the rehab, so be it. Besides, it gives us a chance to dream big for next build. We learned alot from this one and experienced plenty of oopsies (track seperation issues, spagetti trackage, insufficient space for buildings town etc.
So that is where I have been.
Hang in there, and my best wishes to your wife for a speedy and full recovery.
