While in the end, the damage wasn’t as bad as predicted in my shoulder, it was in between for lack of better word. My surgeon said that it’s almost would have been better. Had you torn everything but right now there is a collagen patch that has been placed in my shoulder to heal the gap that is in there with the muscle tear and rotator cuff tear and ligaments, and he also feels that that will help to speed up the recovery process. As of now, I start PT next week and I’ll be in a sling for six weeks. Wanted to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. I appreciate you guys.

I also have a polo underneath the turtleneck. I normally also swap the suit pants for jeans.

grey leather coat, Ferragamo black-grey striped DB wool jacket, classic Pierre Cardin Paris subtle grey-blue houndstooth cotton shirt, Booswell sky-blue dotted silk tie silver-blue dotted silk handkerchief silver-yellow silk cufflinks grey flannel wool trousers, tailored grey-lilac cotton socks black leather oxford shoes THE WHOLE OUTFIT SECONDHAND FOR 100€ TOTAL! Today Finland celebrates its 108th independence day. I dressed up as usual when I went to the mall to buy some delicious food and champagne for the evening watching tv, the annual Presidential Independence Ball at the Palace. Before WWII, Stalin's Russia and Nazi Hitler secretly negotiated and agreed on how to divide Europe and the riches of Europe for their own interests. The secret Ribbentrop agreement 1939 between Stalin and Hitler was negotiated secretly over the heads of the rest of Europe. It is also called the Nazi-Soviet Pact. A week later, World War II began. I was born a few years after World War II and have been lucky enough to live a good life in peacetime for 70+ years. I hope my children and grandchildren would have an equally peaceful life. Since we in Finland understand the Russian mentality, falsity and unreliability best of all, it is frightening to follow today's ”similar” negotiations between Nazi-like Russia and today's USA, where the integrity and the riches found in other countries is negotiated secretly over the heads of the rest of Europe.

I will finally have a chance to wear my new suit out tonight. Going to the Nut Cracker ballet with my wife this evening. I’m actually looking forward to a great evening. Pictures to be posted later around 3-4 pm