April 6, 2012 Command Center

It's official.  I am now the guest using the guest room.

And I hate it!

In addition to counting the days until my surgery (2), until my PT starts (8), until I can walk without a walker (16),  until I can get through a day without pain medication (unknown), I am also counting the days/nights until I can sleep in my waterbed with my husband.

And dog.

April 5, 2012 Graduation Day

Today I graduated.

From a cane to a walker.

I even had to go to court.

Using a walker.

It sucked.

But this time next week,  I'll  be tap dancing.

Oh.  Yes.  I.  Will.

It will be slow.  But it will be dancing.

April 4, 2012 Elementary? Seriously?

Luke was helping me move some furniture in the guest room and he had to shift some books.  One of the books was this.

"Differential Equasions Textbook", I get.

"Elementary", I don't get.

I asked Luke what exactly was elementary about differential equasions.

He said "nothing".

I'm back to not getting it.

April 3, 2012 Spring Showers

I love spring rains.  Even when I forget to shut the window and it rains in.

There is nothing better than a rainy day, a good book and a warm dog.

I had all three AND some pretty strong pain medication.

Which means that I don't remember much about the book.

And my knee still hurts.

April 2, 2012 For My Wonderful Hindu Friends

My dear Hindu friends, do you think I should enroll in this class?  Do you think it will stop the many questions I ask you at every opportunity?  Had I taken this class before Priya's wedding, do you think I would still have needed the instruction manual which was provided prior to the ceremony?

When Kimber and I spent a week in London celebrating Priya's wedding, we were immersed in the Hindu culture from dawn until dusk (and late into the night!).   That's how to learn about people: live with them, dress like them (I LOVE wearing a sari), eat like them, dance with them! 

Before enrolling in Hindi 101, I need to know if every class begins with a cup of chai tea and if we will learn how to make all the goodies Kimber and I had while staying with Massi (a Hindu word which means "my mother's sister").  If both of the answers were in the affirmative, I'd enroll in a moment and so would Kimber.

And she lives in Atlanta!

Miss you, my friends in London and my lovely daughter in Australia.

Namaste.

If you care, here's the link to the blog we wrote while in London at Priya's wedding. 
http://kimberandsarahtrip.blogspot.com/

April 1, 2012 Fifteen Months, No Joke

This is the first day of the 15th month of this blog.  Damn, it's lasted nearly as long as my first marriage.  There have been 1,671 page views so far this year.  Only 1,500 of them have been mine. 

I promised a picture of the tulips in the park when they bloomed.  Today was the day.  This picture do not begin to do them justice, either.  Wamego is bursting at the seams with tulips and lilacs.

Speaking of lilacs, while our neighbors were at church, I cut some lilacs off the bush we share in the front yard.  My house smells GREAT!!!  And I am not nearly as sorry as I should be for stealing them.

Had dinner tonight with my favorite dining companion, Rob.  We hadn't seen each other for way too long.  He keeps up with me by way of this blog, which could be troubling except that Rob knows not to believe everything I write. 

I have no idea why that is.

March 31, 2012 Ryan Strikes Again!

Thank goodness for Luke and his friend, Ryan.  (Ryan's claim to fame to date was helping Luke repair the sliding shelves in the kitchen.)

This morning Luke and I went shopping in Manhattan (Luke like nothing better than taking his momma shopping on a Saturday morning.  Just. Ask. Him.).  We had to get all the necessary accoutrements to make our house ready for a one legged woman to come home to in about a week.

Ryan took care of installing the grab bars in the downstairs bathroom.  Makes me feel like I'm using the toilet at Target or some other local handicapped accessible business.  All it cost me was a batch of chocolate chip cookies. 

Did I mention several weeks ago that this blog was NOT going to become a blog about my surgery?

Yeah, I know I did.

And, yeah, I know it has.

I'll try to do better.