Midsummer check-in! How is everyone doing? This knee rehab is nothing like what I expected it to be, but I am making progress overall. It's a "2 steps forward, 1 step backwards" kind of thing to begin with. Then I have a day where I feel good and do too much, and pay for it that night and the next day. However, I am hobbling around the house with just a cane or nothing at all most of the time, and DH and I walk into town and back at least once a day; I take the crutches due to uneven ground, sand, pebbles, etc., but try not to use them too much. It's about 0.3mi round trip. Not only is it good for me overall, but the "sun and sky" therapy can't be beat! Today will be my last in-home nursing visit, and after I see the PT here twice this week, I'll be completely discharged to outpatient. So far, my surgeons and PT are pleased with my progress!
Oddly enough, we didn't experience the smoke from the Canadian fires. We must be just a bit too far north and east, or something. We have had unseasonably warm, humid weather, with a lot of "grey" and not too much sun. That is OK by me, as I am pretty much hanging out on the 2nd floor of the house and we don't have a/c, just ceiling and floor fans. If the sun was beaming in all day, I'd be dying. Today we have a little sun, and I have to admit that it's nice to see some light.
Friday the resident 6 year old turned into the resident 7 year old. I had an "overdid it" day as his request for his birthday supper was "Lee's macaroni and cheese!!" How could I say no? I also made the layers for his birthday cake, as DD has been taking care of 99% of the household stuff since I've been laid up. The little guy has been very worried about me. In the beginning a couple of times he'd said "but I don't want you to die," which is heartwarming but saddening all at once. He's over that now and has been making me get well cards, get well stickers, and bringing me special rocks and toys to make me feel better. He also loves to sit beside me on the bed and look at pictures of WDW. He doesn't know it yet because plans might change (he has some challenges/issues that could come into play), but if things go well the 5 of us will be going to Disney for a week in January. I have rented a 4 bedroom pool home that is refundable until the day before check-in (he needs the "away" time from the bubble, and I'm hoping my sis and BIL from NOLA will come hang with us) and grabbed RT airfare on SW on points, so if we have to cancel at the last minute, we won't lose much. We also won't buy park tickets until we are sure it's a "go." I can't wait to go to Disney with a little one again, to see the magic through HIS eyes!
DH starts a new job today. It's a great position for him, although it comes with a 10% pay cut. It also comes with sanity, peace of mind, and great health and retirement benefits (meaning I can retire in a couple of years and we can afford for him to carry the good health insurance, instead of him going on expensive bad health insurance at his old job and me going on medicare- $$$ all around and makes up for the paycut). It will be nice to have him NOT grading every night and both afternoons on the weekend. Also, DD earned her masters in social work in May and just passed her certification exam, so she will start as a social worker in hospice in August. This is the job she hoped for when she starting thinking of grad school, so we are pretty excited for her- and of course, proud of her, too.
SO... what have you guys all been up to this summer?
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