The weather was beautiful today, so after our usual morning (including LOTS of exercise) followed by lunch, Stan took off to go hiking. I had definitely put my knee through its paces, so I put my leg up, iced it down, and started reading. My book club book for this month, The Uncommon Reader, will be discussed on Wednesday, so it was time to get busy reading, and that's what I did for the next three hours, scarcely moving during all that time. The book is a novella, so it was short, and I was so engrossed that I read the whole thing, finishing it about 15 minutes or so after Stan returned. Being in one position for that long probably wasn't great for my knee, but it was an engrossing little story and, at any rate, I am now ready for book club!
Younger son and his family wanted to do something slightly celebratory for dinner tonight because they think I've made such exceptional progress with my knee. I'm not sure it's all that exceptional, but it has been good and I think I'm doing well, so once they arrived, we all piled into the new Flex and drove to my choice for dinner--IHOP. I know, I know, I have expensive and exotic taste! Everyone, however, seemed to enjoy dinner as did I except, again, having my knee in one position for over an hour stiffened me up. All it takes, however, is a little walking to loosen my knee up again, so we went next door to Aldi to buy a few groceries. Do we know how to live it up on a Saturday night or what??? As a factual note, I'll mention that I've taken only a couple of ibuprofen today and I went to dinner this evening without a cane so that finally I don't look like an elderly woman out in public!
We've spent the remainder of our evening quietly with Stan watching some sci-fi show while I did a little more reading. Having been moderately busy this evening, and having not taken a nap, I feel sleepy and can only hope that I might sleep a tad more soundly tonight. I'm not holding my breath on that, but it will happen some night!
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