Back To Work

I finally went back to my "real" job this week.  Up until the middle of last week I really wasn't feeling up to it since I have to be on my feet all day.  I was pretty tired by the end of the day but didn't have much pain so that's a good sign.  My boss accused me of throwing things on the floor so he'd have to pick them up, but I swear that wasn't the case!  I also had to have a coworker pull open the door of the safe for me--that sucker is heavy--and get some things off the bottom shelf of of a cabinet.  I'll be so glad when I get out of this stupid, uncomfortable brace and get some mobility back.  It was payday the day that I was there, but there was no paycheck for me since I took the whole month of November off.  I felt a bit left out.

We have had crazy weather with rain (never good in December) and then ice.  M fell the other day and whacked his elbow and worries about me falling.  I'm pretty nervous about that, too, so am super careful and really, sadly, don't get out much.  I do most of my walking on the treadmill which I don't enjoy too much but have found that I can read at the same time and the time goes by much faster.  Something has gone haywire though since it says I'm walking 180 mph and I do about 75 miles at a time.  Yeah, I'm a super woman!

I have been going crazy over my dirty house since I can't vacuum or sweep.  Actually, I do sweep (slowly and carefully) but then I have to leave piles of dirt (and dog hair) for M to scoop up when he gets home.  I finally got him to vacuum the other day, but he needs to do it again.  I don't think I will get much Christmas decorating done without his help, and I don't see that happening, so I may be off the hook for that, too.

M has been busy working on his cow water project and hauling cows and calves around the area.  He's out on his last scheduled load today so the fall run may be over and maybe things will slow down for him a bit.  We're usually in Hawaii this time of year, and I'm sure there are days he really wishes we were there this year.

We've been busy the past few days planning our trip to Florida for the Daytona 500 in February.  M wouldn't make any plans until he was sure I was going to be healed up and ready to go.  I should be back to normal by then, I hope.  Merry Christmas to us!