Returning to Normal Life

Today is the first day since I fell and broke my hip that I felt real life starting to return, REALLY return.  It has been a great day.

I admit that, despite yesterday's rant about wanting to get over denial about the onset of winter, I was quite relieved to wake up this morning and see only the teensiest skiff of the white stuff laying in patches here and there on the ground.  I admit that when the sun came out around noon and the temperature rose to at least +6C by mid afternoon, I was rather delighted.  Why give up denial until forced to, right??

I got dressed right after breakfast and felt so cheery because I knew my friend from out of town would be able to make our lunch date.  We ate a marvellous meal of shrimp and chicken and pasta and salad and biscuits and green beans at a favourite chain restaurant despite the atrociously high prices.  We drove around the city and shopped in all manner of different stores.  I wanted to purchase a black pullover sweater and actually found one I like. The price was so spectacularly low that I bought another one in purple.  What a great find.  My friend bought two tickets to my choir concert in January.  THAT is a good friend!!!!

After the shopping extravaganza, which included a most encouraging comment by my friend that she is impressed to see my energy and mobility returning so quickly and completely, I was able to come home and have a bit of a rest before my husband and I headed out to the annual catered church fowl supper.  I have to say that Saskatchewan folk do a fowl supper incredibly well. The food was delicious....very plain, no nonsense turkey with mashed potatoes, turnip, niblets corn, dressing, gravy, cranberries, bread and butter, cole slaw and stuffing. The desserts were apple pie and apple crisp.  There was nothing gourmet about the meal, but it was absolutely delicious.  It was a good old fashioned church fowl supper and I enjoyed every bite!

We came home early and watched a bit of tv together, chatted with our son and I made plans to have lunch tomorrow with my husband's cousin.  While I am tired, it isn't the complete body and mind exhaustion I have been fighting with since the fracture.  The energy is coming back, the pain is greatly subsiding, the mobility is almost complete.  I can even roll over in bed on my good side without a pillow between my knees and sleep for awhile.  Last night I managed at last to roll over onto those pin heads under the incision and stay there for nearly 5 minutes before the discomfort forced me onto my back.  Physio each day is going well and I have rarely missed my exercise times.

So, LIFE, I am back...happy, clear headed and raring to go again!