Ich bin ein [Texas-Born] Berliner

I’m very pleased to be able to announce that Paul is going back to his apartment on July 20th.  He is, as you might imagine, quite excited and a bit anxious about the transition.  And as I acknowledged to him this morning when we spoke, this is a day that at one point I frankly thought might never occur, so from my point of view this is the best news possible.

Paul believes he will still have the same telephone number as before and he said that he would welcome your calls.  If you are a frequent correspondent of his (and who isn’t?), his phone number is listed in his signature on all but the rarest of his emails.  I’m not sure yet whether he will be able to connect electronically, so telephone calls rather than Skype calls computer to computer are going to be the most ideal way to reach him.  Also it may be a while yet before he’ll be able to carry on email correspondence, though given his progress so far, I wouldn’t rule anything out.

He acknowledges that he is still unsteady with his balance, yet despite that he is planning to have Maxe return to live with him to see how that goes.  We discussed that he is going to have to be very careful when playing with Maxe since his toppling over is a distinct possibility.  Paul is very aware of that concern so he assures me he’ll be cautious about any rough housing with his friend but just being together again will have to be a tonic to Paul.

I know you all join me in breathing a sigh of relief and feeling very good about Paul’s progress.  I’ll leave it to you to tell him yourself when you find it convenient.  I assured Paul that I would be happy to post a note here to ask you to stop calling if and when that ever becomes a problem.

Welcome home, Paul!