And trying to type with one hand. I’ll need to practice before I return to work. Actually, it’s not terribly bad if I type on a regular keyboard - so I might have to bring my regular non-ergonomic keyboard to work. We shall see.

Today, my co-worker/cubicle neighbor brought me a cannoli from the bakery in town, and then another co-worker brought me some Buffy episodes on DVD for me to watch while I convalesce. I went into my boss’s office to review a bunch of stuff that she would need to know about during the next week, and while we were sitting there, I was ambushed!

All of the people in my department, along with some of my buddies in other dept’s, gathered ’round my boss’s door and surprised me with a pretty grand send-off and two “get well soon” cards, signed by all my peeps. It was so nice and sweet and touching; I felt the love all around… which just made me think, “Wow - I really work with some great people!” Not that I don’t think it usually, but this made it all the more obvious.

(OK - I just typed those 3 paragraphs with one hand. It wasn’t tragic; just slow.)

I got a haircut/trim so that my hair is more manageable over the next few weeks and months. Now I have a crazy kickin’ headache and neckache and lower backache - stress, anyone? I might take a nice soak in a bubble bath with some Epsom salts. Though I don’t know if Epsom-salted water will respond to the surfactants in bubble bath and actually bubble. Hrm. That might be another experiment for tonight.

First, though, I have to eat something light and drink plenty of water since I’m not allowed to eat or drink after midnight tonight; I need to fast prior to the anesthesia. An apple. That would be nice. Maybe some pretzels. And then I need to get to sleep soon since I have to be at 5 or 5:30 to get ready and report to the hospital by 6:30.

OK. Water, fruit, bath, sleep. Sounds like a game plan.