A Little Unsettled

Shall I first complain about the weather?  Yes, it was sunny, but it was cold and windy so it was not exactly a day to want to wander about. Now, if you know me at all, you know I prefer cold weather to hot weather, but part of the charm of cold weather is the occasional snow fall and that has been sadly lacking this year.  It's either been cold and rainy or cold and gloomy or cold and sunny. In a word, it's been a boring winter and even I am ready for it to be over.  Stan and I did go out for a while today just because he thinks it's good for me to go somewhere every day and I suppose he's right.  We went, therefore, to the nearby Aldi just to walk up and down and do a little random shopping. It's a good thing that we did go to a grocery store because, while we were there, younger son texted to ask if we could pick  up the granddaughters, feed them dinner, and keep them for a while this evening which, of course, we were happy to do. We picked up a few extra things for dinner, got some take out for our lunch, and came home.  That was the extent of my "out in the world" adventure for the day although Stan, of course, did go pick up the girls later in the afternoon.

After a bit of reading and resting my leg (still sore from yesterday and a bit tired from all the walking around), I napped a bit.  At 2:00, Stan left for the Rec Center and to pick up the girls while I began cooking dinner.  By the time everyone arrived, everything was ready, but just keeping warm, the table was set, and a small snack was ready to tide everyone over until dinner.  And that really is it for the day.  I had a bit of indigestion from yesterday's over-indulgence, or maybe I was just tired (always), so I did only minimal exercises this afternoon. Once dinner was over and younger son had picked up the granddaughters, we were both tired enough only to want to watch a bit of TV before retiring for the evening which is what I'm about to do.

Before I leave you, however, a bit of TKR advice or observation.  My scar looks good, as scars go, and the swelling seems to be going down ever so slightly, but the skin around the scar looks like your skin when you are recovering from a sunburn, i.e. red and peeling.  It's not an attractive look, and lotion only does so much--although you should put no lotion on the scar itself--so this is just another step on the road to recovery that must be patiently endured. But it certainly is incredibly better than it was a week or two ago.  Remember--every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better!