And last but certainly not least, Mari's dad was released from the hospital earlier than expected because he's bounced back from his surgery very quickly. This doesn't surprise me too much, he seems to be in pretty good shape. That's two surgeries in the family within a month!
A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery