The Last Weekday
I had open heart surgery exactly 6 weeks ago. Wow. Dana sent me an email she found that I sent her back on January 29. It was right after I had found out the results of the echo I had the year before. I hadn't even made an appointment at Mayo yet. I had just found out that my pulmonary valve was leaking and that surgery in the next 1-3 years might be a possibility.
How far I've come.
So as you know, this is my last week of not working/thinking about work at all. And how have I spent it? Mostly at home, with construction workers in our house. We got our windows replaced. And they're not done yet. The guys are coming back at 8 tomorrow morning to finish framing the windows on the inside of the house. It was too humid for the stain to dry yesterday, so they couldn't finish. It sucks, because the house is messy (everything is moved away from the windows) and I haven't really had much peace. Or quiet. It would help if the guys looked like Johnny Depp, but alas, we can't have everything, can we? (BTW, that puzzle is still on the table.)
And today, my last weekday on leave, was going to be a worker-free day until our kitchen faucet started leaking horribly. RobbieMax even turned off all the water under the kitchen sink, and the faucet is STILL leaking. How is that possible? You'd think that if the faucet was getting no water, it wouldn't be able to leak. So the plumber is coming this afternoon. And he absolutely DOES NOT look like Johnny Depp, either.
But regardless, today Will and I are going to watch the third and 4th Harry Potter movies. I just hope we can get them watched before I need to get ready for cardiac rehab. If not, we'll finish when I get back. I feel lecherous saying this, but Daniel Radcliffe is getting to be quite good-looking. If I were a teenage girl, I would hang posters of him all over my room.
Tomorrow is Will's birthday party. He'll be 11 on September 7 and he wanted his party with his friends to be in the summer. So we're heading to the roller skating rink for his party. Will is really excited.
So, am I going to put on my in-line skates and skate with them? Are you nuts?! I bought those skates in a moment of sheer insanity 5 years ago. I think they've been worn about 6 times. I got tired of falling and banging/skinning up my knees. I never mastered the art of skating of any kind when I was a kid. I don't know why I thought I could as an adult.
So no, I'm not skating tomorrow. I'm not supposed to ride a bike until 3 months after surgery (October, I'm waiting for you!). My likelihood of falling off my bike is MUCH LESS than my likelihood of falling while in-line skating.
Anyone want a really nice, barely-used pair of size 7 in-line K2's?
How far I've come.
So as you know, this is my last week of not working/thinking about work at all. And how have I spent it? Mostly at home, with construction workers in our house. We got our windows replaced. And they're not done yet. The guys are coming back at 8 tomorrow morning to finish framing the windows on the inside of the house. It was too humid for the stain to dry yesterday, so they couldn't finish. It sucks, because the house is messy (everything is moved away from the windows) and I haven't really had much peace. Or quiet. It would help if the guys looked like Johnny Depp, but alas, we can't have everything, can we? (BTW, that puzzle is still on the table.)
And today, my last weekday on leave, was going to be a worker-free day until our kitchen faucet started leaking horribly. RobbieMax even turned off all the water under the kitchen sink, and the faucet is STILL leaking. How is that possible? You'd think that if the faucet was getting no water, it wouldn't be able to leak. So the plumber is coming this afternoon. And he absolutely DOES NOT look like Johnny Depp, either.
But regardless, today Will and I are going to watch the third and 4th Harry Potter movies. I just hope we can get them watched before I need to get ready for cardiac rehab. If not, we'll finish when I get back. I feel lecherous saying this, but Daniel Radcliffe is getting to be quite good-looking. If I were a teenage girl, I would hang posters of him all over my room.
Tomorrow is Will's birthday party. He'll be 11 on September 7 and he wanted his party with his friends to be in the summer. So we're heading to the roller skating rink for his party. Will is really excited.
So, am I going to put on my in-line skates and skate with them? Are you nuts?! I bought those skates in a moment of sheer insanity 5 years ago. I think they've been worn about 6 times. I got tired of falling and banging/skinning up my knees. I never mastered the art of skating of any kind when I was a kid. I don't know why I thought I could as an adult.
So no, I'm not skating tomorrow. I'm not supposed to ride a bike until 3 months after surgery (October, I'm waiting for you!). My likelihood of falling off my bike is MUCH LESS than my likelihood of falling while in-line skating.
Anyone want a really nice, barely-used pair of size 7 in-line K2's?
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