Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Cookie Hunting!!!!!
Good Morning! Just five days in the hospital and your system clock resets itself. In there at 5 am it was get a blood sample. At 6 am as you were just back to dreamland it was-- good morning Mrs. Axsom --sorry to wake you but I have some pills for you. By then all hopes of returning to that comfy spot called asleep were out the window. Now granted sometime between 8 and 8:30 am breakfast came and by then you were ready. The server placing the tray on your table was in dire danger of having an elbow gnawed off. Now back home you still wake at 5 but there is no routine to be followed so you read the paper, do a ‘fill it in’ or two, debate trying to fix your own breakfast, and then finally settle on a visit with you. Now I have more snowmen to make and a special project to complete but I haven’t had the inclination to pick up the knitting needles yet.
The Stryker Pump for pain ran out yesterday evening so that is no longer around my neck and hanging in the way. I had one pain pill yesterday and one again this morning so it isn’t too bad at all. The snow is still hanging around and a peek out the French Doors showed me a very busy Hairy Woodpecker working on the suet in the feeder. I will ask Jay to refill the thistle feeder this morning because my finches and chickadees are looking for more food.
Crawling into bed at 10 pm last night told me that I had not rested enough yesterday so I plan to remedy that today. I have to keep reminding myself that I ain’t going no where for another six weeks so there is no hurry to wipe up crumbs, try to vacuum up bird seed, or load the dishwasher.
I received my first Christmas card this year--it was from Jim and Kim Murphy as is the first one every year. Jim grew up in my old neighborhood and was friends with Wes, my oldest. I also got a get well card from Pammie and a sweet note from one of the women who rides the bus with Jay to dialysis. She is a bit slow so her three page letter took alot of effort to write. It is a comforting thought that a person you barely know spends time to wish you well.
Well it is around 8:30 am and I think I’m going to bid you farewell and go cookie hunting seeing Jay is still Sleeping.
