Another boring post about my recovery

[tarotgal]

Good news: I made it home today to stay! Did I mention I visited home on Thursday? My closet collapsed in my absence, so I have to deal with that some time. But not today. I packed up and Mom drove me home. Then she drove me to Walmart and grocery store (and to release a Flag Day BookCrossing book at a nearby flagpole; I love my mommy).

Bad news: it was a little more than I should have done in one day (soo many trips in and out and sooooo much walking). So I'm going to have to take it easy for the rest of the day/night. I think I'm going to still sleep upright, because getting up from a lying down position HURTS. But it sure is nice to be back home again.

I liked being in my old house and spending time with Mom (Dad is in Tanzania, so she was happy to have the company). It was fun watching hockey with her, especially last night. What a great end to a season. One day my boys will win the cup. But, in the meantime, I enjoy watching series where I don't have any personal investment and can just enjoy good hockey.

Things that HURT:
* Sitting up from a lying down position
* Getting into the car (or any sideways bendy movement, really)
* Coughing (SO MUCH PAIN!)
* Sneezing (just experienced... was terribly painful)
* Laughing (sooo terrible. I keep making the mistake of watching funny things. So Modern Family is totally out until the pain goes away).
* Standing or walking for more than a few minutes at a time
* Going down stairs (up is fine)

Things I LOVE:
* Netflix
* Having a laptop now instead of a desktop computer (first time I ever really made good use of that)
* Undershirts that keep my pants from rubbing against the stitches every time I move
* ALLTHEPILLOWS (currently, I seem unable to survive without a minimum of 5 pillows, though if you count couch cushions and pillows together I've been using 9 to prop myself up to sleep each night)
* Soft blankets (I've been snuggling with 5)
* The refillable ice pack the hospital gave me that is lighter than mine
* Amy's vegan meatloaf (it has been one of the foods I've been able to eat since my stomach probs started. I tried eating it last night and it was fine on my tummy! YAY! Real food!)
* Borrowing my mommy's cats for cuddle sessions on the couch
* My mommy, for taking good care of me
* My friends for sending me happy thoughts and posts and messages and emails


Tomorrow I hope to master driving, but we'll see how that goes. I'm hopeful. The literature says don't drive for 3 days, and it's been more than that. And I'm definitely feeling better and stronger. If I can drive tomorrow, I'll probably go to work on Monday, at least half the day, because we have an HR thing mid-morning.

On another note, I've started feeling well enough to do more than use the mouse... which means I can write a little (not a lot, but a little). I finished two short meme fics today. I also finished Orange is the New Black. And I read 6.5 yaoi mangas for a future bookbox. And I played a buttload of Snack Jack games. And I got my inbox down to 570 emails (it was over 84,000 in March and over 7,000 before my operation). And I watched Despicable Me 2 (which was HARD because I couldn't laugh but wanted to). And I spent a long time on Pinterest. So easy to just sit and click while watching netflix. Pinterest geek boards are good therapy :-) So was the SPN marathon on TNT. Definitely much-needed. I look forward to a really slow, relaxing day again tomorrow. I just sat down in my desk chair for the first time since Monday and I'm comfy sitting here. So that's another first :-)

Thanks again for the well wishes, everyone!