Week 10 - Now a Cold

It was another week of roller coaster weather and if my mom were alive, she'd blame that weather on the cold I caught. It wasn't too bad and I was able to do what I had to but also took every opportunity to relax.

Helen had invited me for lunch on Monday but when I arrived early, she was still in her jammies and said she hadn't gotten around to making anything for lunch because she'd spent all her time painting walls in her house. She usually prefers to cook so we can stay in but I had no problem going to Piedmont Bistro, which is my favorite restaurant in Lincoln and only a block from her house. Back at her house, we spent the afternoon chatting away while drinking tea. When I looked up it was after 5:00 and I had to scramble to get to Monday Night Knitting. I ate PB&J in the car on the way there. Good thing I'd had a nice lunch.

A cold front was due on Tuesday afternoon so I was outside that morning taking down the winter decorations in the pots by my doors and changing the front door wreath and flag. I then went to every store in town looking for St. Patrick's Day decorations to add to the pots but came up dry. I found some white flowers at Family Dollar so put those in the front pot and left the side door pot empty. I'd look for some pansies for that. The front slammed into the house at 12:15 so I was happy to have gotten my outside stuff done and was cozy inside along with my cats. The big news for the rest of the day was I slept without the post-surgery bra for the first time. Milestone!

It snowed on Wednesday so I spent the day chatting with friends and spent that afternoon reading. Tim and his sons came and shoveled me out at the end of the day. It wasn't much snow but I still had a lifting restriction so was happy they came.

I woke up with a sore throat on Thursday, which is how I feel at the start of a cold. I had planned to go to a talk on butterflies at the lake but didn't want to share my germs so stayed home. I ended up working for 2 hours with Cindy on JE training she's creating a video for. Other than quick calls/emails here and there, I haven't worked in awhile so put in the few hours to get paid. I went out in the afternoon to get some ClaritinD so I wouldn't be a mess on Friday.

I had my follow up with the surgeon on Friday. She was happy with my incisions and told me the 10 pound lifting restriction was over but to listen to my body. I went to Aldi on my way home and lifted too much and immediately felt it. Stupid! I picked up Chinese food on the way home and was in for the weekend. I made pizza for supper and cleaned up the kitchen but otherwise just spent the afternoon reading.

There wasn't any excitement for the rest of the week. I knitted, streamed, read and did some cooking. Sunday was glorious (the snow was long gone) and I opened the windows and hung laundry on the line. I was feeling better after resting for a couple of days. I had a long talk with my old friend (since junior high) Janice and caught up on a few things.

So I was signed off with the surgeon but ended the week with a cold. We had snow on Wednesday and it was 68 on Sunday and even warmer weather forecast for the next week. Lots of ups and downs but I'm still smiling. Progress.