Welcome Back!

It seems like forever since I fretted over a blog post - my brain and my knee are well rested.  Yesterday I had my first meeting with my physical therapist and with a 'little' work I should be almost as good as new.

Since I had to have the surgery I have decided this was probably the best time to get it done.  Who on earth wants to be out working in 103F weather?  NO ONE.  Many thanks to everyone who does get out and work in this heat on these hottest days of the year. 

I have ventured out into the garden a few times, checking to see that everything is getting watered (I'll worry about the weeding another time).  It is so hot in Fort Worth even our lizards are looking for new ways to stay cool. 

His/her name is Rodney - I call all the lizards around here Rodney -
that's about as affectionate as I can get with a lizard.

They keep popping up in the most unusual places - on top of a 'frog' garden hose stake (these stakes really do keep the hose away from my plants), under the birdbath, in and on top of a birdhouse on our patio (I'm pretty sure one of them lives in there), and a few other places. 

I know they are here - still I scream when one surprises me.  That's all I can do these days - I have been forbidden by my doctor from running or jumping.  That's o.k., I am happy to be on the mend.

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Under the Knife

After a couple of months of going round and round - with MRIs and x-rays and doctor visits - it has been determined that I require a bit a surgery.  One bright sunny morning this week my right knee will be 'scoped' and I will be sent home later that day on the road to recovery... with no shower (for three days) or driving (for at least a week) or dirty martinis (until I'm off all meds)... yuk...      

To make matters worse, my surgeon is just a doctor not The Doctor - no British accent, no sonic screw driver....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who

It is out of kindness that I have decided to refrain from posting at least for a few days - you've all been so nice to me, why should I blow it by trying to write a blog while on pain medication?  You know how it is when you are hurting - things can get blown out of proportion so easily.  Someone you like ignores you (for reasons unknown to you -  maybe she's just a selfish cow and you never saw that? or maybe she's got a life and she's busy with that - who knows?)...  Then there's Politics and Texas Ranger Baseball  ... don't get me started, I can not be on drugs and follow politics.  However, there are weeks when I could use 'a little something' to watch my Rangers.

So to keep things straight I'm taking a week or two off and I am going to concentrate on healing.  I will be following your adventures and wishing I was there.


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