Though my alarm was set for 7:30, I was awake at 7:00 and finally got up at 7:20. I had my first knee surgery follow-up appointment this morning, and that beautiful P.A., Jeremy, checked out my knee, which as expected, he declared making great progress. I told him about this recurring pain I’m having up in … Read more
Robert and I had breakfast at Finch’s, and we were served in the least amount of time that I’m sure we’ve ever been served in there before. My back hurt so much when I stood up to leave that I walked slowly and stiffly, reminding myself of how my father used to walk when his … Read more
When I got up today, it was like some kind of switch had flipped on or something, as my knee was exponentially better. Very noticeably so. My back, however, hurt like fuck. I spent the early afternoon finishing my holiday letter—finally. At around 4:00, I headed to the Borders in Cary intent on using a … Read more
My work day started off with professional affirmations about some work I recently completed—one affirmation from my manager and one from my manager’s manager: “Thanks so much, John! I spot a few errors of fact (picky, picky), but this is a great start and plan.” “I like where this is headed. Thanks for the good … Read more
Robert was a dear this morning and put on the coffee and generally catered to me as I rested me knee. We watched a couple more episodes of Six Feet Under, after which, at about 1:00, I started falling asleep on the couch. Robert bid me adieu and let me be. I woke up at … Read more
I got up at about 11AM today, and immediately took two Vicodin and a Promethazine before eating breakfast. I worked on my blog entry for Thursday, including scanning in the images from my surgery and uploading them to the Web. Robert arrived late afternoon, and we watched an episode of Six Feet Under, had dinner … Read more
I was up early this morning, at around 6:15 to make sure I was up and about before Joe left for work at around 6:45. My leg felt just fine, but after eating a Portuguese muffin (like an English muffin, only bigger) with some turkey sausage on it, I started to get a little bout … Read more
Joe drove me to the Blue Ridge Surgery Center, and we arrived right at noon in the pouring rain. From the car, I ran to get under the shelter over the front entranceway to the building, but still got pretty wet. Who runs to the surgery center when they’re getting knee surgery? Evidently I do. … Read more
A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside. “That laundry is not very clean,” she said. “She doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.” Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Every … Read more
I was up and at ’em early this morning, catching the 7:25 bus to meet Myra at the Hillsborough Street Bruegger’s at 8:00 for breakfast. On the way there, thinking through my day’s schedule, it occurred to me that I had OIT Orientation from 11-5 today, and a pre-op doctor’s appointment with Jeremy today at … Read more