I just tried to put the date as February 20. I must want the next 30 days to be over already!
I went out last night around 9:00 and saw the Northern Lights. There was a very faint red glow to the north. They showed up better on my iPhone camera. I didn’t stay out long enough to get a good picture. They will probably make another appearance tonight from what I have read.
Louis, Kathy’s cat got out while I was out looking at the lights. Kathy had just gone to bed and I had to wake her up to get Louis and bring him inside. Louis and I are not what you would call best buddies.
Pain is tolerable again today. A bit more sore but it feels like you do when you have a good work out and the next day you are sore. At least I think that is the feeling – it has been a hot minute since I worked out and had that feeling! I took some ibuprofen this morning and haven’t taken anything else for pain yet. So far today, I haven’t taken a nap. I had trouble sleeping last night so decided to try to go without a nap and see if that will help me sleep better at night. Maybe it is a sign that I am back to normal as having trouble sleeping is not new behavior for me.
A dear friend brought by some homemade potato soup late morning. I can tell it was made with love. It hit the spot and was so good!
Another friend stopped by a house in Emporia for me and brought me some papers I need to complete my tax homework for AARP. I so appreciate this pickup and drop off.
I am still grounded through tomorrow if you count day of surgery as Day 1. I don’t have anywhere to go Thursday so will probably stay home that day too. Depending on the weather I have a doctor’s appointment to go to Friday. If it is snowing I won’t go.
Got the blog pages that I had printed a week ago three-holed punched and put into a binder. Felt good to get that little project finished up.
Worked on my personal income taxes for a bit. I get tired easily so didn’t get them done. If I continue to do a bit every day I should have them done by the time the forms I need come in.
I sent a note to my doctor about the possible sleep apnea thing. To my surprise he wants to see me in person before he does anything. I now have an appointment next week to see him. He is hard to get into so I was surprised they found a time for me to see him. While there, I will mention the pain I have when I swallow and see if he will do anything about that too.
I walked to my mailbox twice today. Felt good to get out and take a very short walk. I am starting to go a little house crazy as I have been inside since Friday afternoon.
Hoping tomorrow I have enough brain power to do some of the tax class problems. I know better than to try them when I am not 100%. I have almost two weeks to work on them so if I can’t tomorrow, I’ll try another day.
Am going to gauge the interest in developing advocates that the people that are in danger of disappearing could talk to. Sometimes it helps to have someone to talk to that is safe and may know how to access resources that it is not safe for those in danger to do. Not sure what the response will be but I am going to put it out there and will see if it goes anywhere. I have a family that I met with several months ago, I listened to their story and they know I have their back if something should happen to them.
Staying home and doing little is a lesson in patience for me. Luckily right now my body is still letting me know it needs lots of rest and quiet movement for it to heal. It is going to be a struggle to maintain this for six weeks. I am better at it this time than 20 years ago when I had my hysterectomy. Progress?
Grateful for the beauty of Mother Nature, grateful for friends that deliver love in soup and needed paperwork, and grateful my body is healing quietly.