SETTLING IN

I continue to have very little pain in my ankle. After the first days on the walker, however, I felt like I had done 500 curl ups and my arms and sides were very sore. After two days, this pain disappeared. I am hoping for Popeye like biceps. I am so pleased with myself when I accomplish little tasks like getting my own lunch, washing my own hair.

Friends have brought me wonderful food, beautiful things from the garden and tasty comfort food. I bathe and get dressed every day. I am reading. For the most part I am keeping my sadness in check and my leg up. Yesterday, however, I had a setback. Did not get dressed until 1:00 in the afternoon and felt very low energy. I did drag out my drawing things and drew my feet (good and bad) and wrapped up leg.

I am also listening to old radio shows on line. I had started doing this a few months ago.

If I couldn't sleep at night, Fibber Magee and Molly would lull me back to sleep. Then I was listening to Jack Benny almost every night and craving JELLO, his long time sponser.

Now, I am branching out to various mystery and drama theaters and have just discovered the

series: BOLD VENTURE which starred Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

Husband bustles around the house and tends to me. He is keeping busy with his projects.

Milestone one will be next Wednesday when my stitches come out. I will see Assistant B and must ask him about that "almost". I have been reading other blogs about ankle recovery and become overwhelmed so I have decided to stop reading until I start putting weight on my foot and rehab. I know I have a lot of work ahead of me. I found that thinking of 8 weeks as 56 days was very helpfull.

I try not to think of hiking or paddling my kayak or September coming up, my favorite month.

A few days ago the crow came to have a bite and was chased off by another crow who then grabbed the food right out of her mouth. She sat on our neighbors roof for a long time. Husband said she looked sad. Today, however, when she came she had other crows with her who didn't bother her at all. Maybe she has friends and family.