It has been a whirlwind the last couple months filled with training, hectic/busy/stressful work, surgery and swimming. I'm happy to report that all is going well now, thankfully, and here is a quick re-cap of some highlights:My development has lots of little ponds that has attracted many waterfowl - many geese and ducks have called it home to raise their little ones. It has been so fun watching them grow! One day I took my fancy camera to get some close -ups, others I just snapped with my phone from the car.
A few weeks ago I had a tonsillectomy - which the medical world says is a pretty serious/significant surgery for anyone over 18 and the recovery worsens the older you get. I often forget that I'm nearly 30 - age doesn't really matter to me and I still have clothes from over 10 years ago...so if my clothes hold up that well, why wouldn't my body. Well, praise the Lord, my surgery went well but, EESH, the recovery was BRUTAL. I can't begin to describe the pain. I HAD great plans to take my medication, be drugged and happy and lay out by the pool...that DID NOT happen! I took my meds, but they only brushed the pain, leaving me in no shape to go lay out in the sun comfortable. I do not know what I would have done without my mom. She graciously flew down here to take care of her little girl - and that she did. Poor thing, wasted her Mother's Day caring for me, when it should have been the other way around. I did surprise her with a delivery though - and much to my surprise, she had never even gotten Edible Arrangements before - so it was a fun experience for her. She felt bad because mom wanted to share, but eating anything other than jello and Mr. Freezie's was not anywhere on my list of things to do. As the days passed and it was time to bring mother dearest to the airport, I was starting to feel better, so we took a relaxing lap around the paddle boat pond, so she did get to do something fun here in NC...just not near as much what I'd like to show her of the area, but something nonetheless.
Three weeks after surgery, I am all recovered and feeling great. Tonsil-less, those are no longer a bother, and now I just need to work on getting my endurance back up to where I had it. I did finish my swimming challenge Thursday - went and swam laps today and they gave me this. Been there, done that, got the shirt!
