I certainly agree with Sarah and Brendan, Epic Movie was really, really bad. I felt especially bad for the older patient and his wife who came expecting to see last week's romantic comedy. I'm not sure Emily enjoyed the movie so much as enjoyed getting out and doing something, although she has always been able to suspend her intelligence and laugh at the absurd.

She surprised me yesterday morning when she said she wanted to go to Sunday church services at the hospital. Ken and I have been letting her exercise her natural skepticism of organized religion for the last couple of years, so I was really surprised she wanted to go. She truly listened and tried to participate - raised her hand immediately in response to a question and holding her right hand with her left and praying. After the service she told me she wanted to go downstairs to the T Rec area, and when T Rec wasn't open, she wanted to go outside. We took a walk in the garden and she was reaching out to touch the plants, flowers and trees. It was a level of active engagement we hadn't seen before.

She seems to be having pain from her torn muscle more the last few days. She tore her quad (largest muscle in the body) up near her right hip. It obviously hurts more when she's up in her chair, which would explain why she wanted to rest in bed more this weekend. The orthopedic surgeon that consulted on it believes it will heal on its own and not require surgery, but we'll have to be sensitive to her pain.