Addendum to Groundhog Day

I didn't mean for that post to make me sound depressed exactly. But since Kera made the comment on the previous post and that post also spurred Jayne to call me I guess I feel compelled to further expalin. There is a sameness to every day where my "job" is to focus on exercising my knee and taking the best care of myself that I can. A huge part of every day is exactly the same each and every day because it has to be. I hang in there pretty good each day until the afternoon exercises because at that point I just dread them. Yes, as Kera says, lots of people call and stop by which not only breaks up the day, but actually helps to carry me through the day.

Saturday mine brither came for the morning - he's so good to me. Brent and I were very excited to watch the prologue of the Tour. I made it across the street for a picnic last night and actually made it almost 2 hours before needing to come home and get myself horizontal.

Today, my friend Jason came to babysit in the morning. He has been a really good friend to me through this whole thing. He brought some of his famous blueberries which are absolutely yummy. He helped me through my morning exercises and took a slow 1/2 mile stroll down to the pond and back with me. He's a bike fan too so we enjoyed the Tour and I loved watching the end of the stage with him, Kera and Brent. Neighbors Loren and Deb joined us for lunch at Isaacs today. Tonight my parents and Rick made a fantastic dinner. I haven't been eating much, and tonight was no exception, but I have to tell you, the food was absolutely yummylicious. Mom had some ice packs which helped me get through 3 hours.

It's only 9:00 tonight and I'm beat. Bent and I are watching....wait for it....yes, you guessed it....the evening coverage of the Tour (not like we didn't already watch it once). :) I've taken my night time meds and am praying for a few comfortable hours of sleep. As I look back on the weekend, there were quite a few distractions, especially today, and I'm thankful for each and every one. But, I know that tonight will most likely go the way the nights have gone for the last 4 weeks and when I wake up tomorrow my day will flow much as it did today and the day before that. You know, like Groundhog day.