Four Weeks and Life is Getting Back to Normal

Unlike the horse on the left, I am thrilled with my new hip. For the most part, I am pain free, except at the end of the day when I’ve overdone the stairs, but that’s just a minor muscle ache reminding me that months of laziness take a toll. It feels good to be getting back to normal or at least closer to normal than I have been in years.

I managed a few 4000 step days last week before the weather turned on us. Now, it’s up and down the hall on my own. Mother Nature definitely needs mood stabilizers. It was warmer at the end of December than it was yesterday–drier, too. Unfortunately, the unseasonably cold, wet weather is due to stick around until the beginning of June. I suppose it could be worse. At least we aren’t worrying about forest fires and tornadoes in my region, and my heart goes out to those who are.

I’m back to work a few hours each day, and my novel And Justice for All is coming along nicely. I hope to have it finished by mid-June. It will be released as part of a box set first, and then by me in August. Watch for the release date here. Once it’s done, I will finish putting a couple more books on Audible, and get Book 2 of Listen to the Stones ready for release. Then, I’ll see what tickles my author fancy. Maybe a holiday book.

So, while I still can’t bend over, I am now resuming some of my normal duties as it were. I make meals–with John’s help, and he cleans up. I straighten my bed, but he makes his, and he still does laundry and loads and empties the dishwasher. I go with him for groceries, but he still has to do all the driving. I’m hoping for permission to resume that activity when I see the doctor in early June. I need a pedicure and a manicure as well as my hair trimmed. Otherwise, all is good.

So, that’s it. Operation a success, and it’s time to get back to normal. Have a wonderful weekend. See you here on Tuesday for the next peek at And Justice for All!