kneegate update

as my co-workers keep reminding me, if i were a dog, i'd have had surgery and spent the last several days recovering. but, as i'm not a dog, i've been working through doctor's appointments and insurance authorizations.

i've been back at work since monday, and thanks to the drugs, it has been mostly manageable.  i find myself more tired than usual, primarily because it takes so much energy to avoid those natural movements that might yield an unnatural pain, and the swelling from my knee to my toes has felt somewhat extreme.  but every cloud has a silver lining!  in this case, there is a silver AND a gold.

silver first.

i'm single-mindedly focused on hiding my fat ugly leg, and wearing pants is difficult due to the necessity of having to wrap, unwrap, and ice on a regular basis.  as a result, i've been pulling my maxi dresses out of the closet.  i am mildly ashamed to admit that i have four or five of these that i have never worn.  there's a rational explanation for that, but i won't bore you with it.  instead, i'll just say that i can't believe i've never worn them. rational shmational!  i LOVE them!

so, this week i was scheduled to be in atlanta for a conference.  it's a politically important conference, and i'm a little nervous about not being able to go, but there was absolutely no way i could drag luggage through airports or move boxes at the booth or average the 10 mile per day walking that is typical. so i'm home, while my co-workers are off to eat peaches.  but here's where the gold lining comes in!

my cousin laurie and her fam are in town!  as i was supposed to be leaving yesterday and returning home on the 2nd, and as they arrived yesterday and are leaving on the 2nd i was going to miss them entirely. but now we get to play:)

jenny, nic, laurie and i hang out poolside at the local embassy suites.

before we get to the serious playing though, i was finally able to go in today for the mri.  since i've got staples in my knee from the previous knee surgery, they also wanted to do a ct scan to make sure they got clean images.  and can i just tell you, there's nothing like being told not to move, then being slid into a tube for a half an hour, that makes you want to just get up and dance.

i managed to fight the urge though, and now i just have to wait until monday for the ortho follow-up. i snuck a peek at the films, but i don't really have a clue what i'm looking for, so i wait.

and then came the BRONZE lining.

anne and i really like our sonic

many of you are familiar with my sonic obsession (see picture at right).  but, as is my lot in life, the closest sonic is always just  a little to far away.  and then today happened.  as i was leaving the imaging center (just a few miles from my house), i took a wrong turn.  as i tried to get my bearings, there, on the opposite corner, was a radiating glow.  i think there may have also been a choir of angels singing. because there, on that corner, was a sonic.

after i snarfed down my strawberry limeade, popcorn chicken, and chocolate banana cream pie shake, i stopped for gas and my conversation with the attendant confirmed that it is brand new. do you know what this means?  it means i can snarf down a strawberry limeade and or a chocolate banana cream pie shake WHENEVER I WANT TO.

gold, silver, and bronze, folks.

gold, sliver and bronze.