Hi!
Well. Here we are on another Sunday afternoon. Apologies for missing last weekend, but more on that later..... Today we're just happy to have a good breeze blowing - it was meant to be a right stinker today and thankfully with the breeze it hasn't been as bad as predicted. Hot, humid and gross weather bullet dodged there! And, as an added bonus, we're supposed to get some storms this afternoon (which is why I thought I'd
try to check in before they arrived, just in case they cut the power as sometimes happens.... But that's if the storms even arrive - lately they haven't), which will hopefully cool things down even more. Ahhhhhhhh - summer in southern Queensland! But here we are, got the hip n' groovy jazz tunes (have I ever once mentioned how much I love SkyFM???), it's a bit early for the lovely, cool stand-by white wine, but it's in there happily chilling away. The birds are all a bit quiet out there - maybe it's because of the good breeze and heat? Kona is at his post, making sure the couch stays anchored to the floor in the little living room..... Yes, life is good!
try to check in before they arrived, just in case they cut the power as sometimes happens.... But that's if the storms even arrive - lately they haven't), which will hopefully cool things down even more. Ahhhhhhhh - summer in southern Queensland! But here we are, got the hip n' groovy jazz tunes (have I ever once mentioned how much I love SkyFM???), it's a bit early for the lovely, cool stand-by white wine, but it's in there happily chilling away. The birds are all a bit quiet out there - maybe it's because of the good breeze and heat? Kona is at his post, making sure the couch stays anchored to the floor in the little living room..... Yes, life is good!
So work. Yep, it's good. Things have been rather quiet lately, but seeing as I'm the only real, full-time editor they have, I manage to stay fairly busy. Still no word about the job going permanent or the PR application, but that's to be expected. I know, instead of torturing ourselves with what isn't happening with HR (a black hole of functionality if I ever saw one), I'll write when something actually has happened! That'll be way more fun! Otherwise, all is well. Work work work just keeps plowing on until Xmas when we get, I think, a week off....... Ahhhhh a break!
And speaking of breaks, apologies for not checking in last weekend. I meant to, but the chores distracted me from the time........ Tho
you didn't miss anything more than the usual quiet, chore-filled weekend. Oh, who am I kidding, I did more than just chores last weekend, I sat and worried about my upcoming surgery on Tuesday (in addition to doing the chores of course)! For those of you not playing along at home, I don't know if you remember when I was up there visiting this past July/August, but I've been wearing a stupid wrist brace/splinty thing for my cranky right wrist. Been hurting since the beginning of July. Anyways, after many visits to the Doc, a hand therapist, x-rays, ultra sounds, a zap of cortisone, long story short, I have (hopefully had) De Quervain's Tenosynovitis, translation, wicked tendonitis. No idea how it came about, it just did. So off I went to a
specialist and surgery was declared. And was I ever freaked out. It wasn't like bring a book, shot to make my arm numb and off they go digging around, no. It was the whole cap, gown, stockings, booties, real operating room with a cast of thousands, general anesthesia, the whole nine yards. I totally should've taken pictures but I was way too scared and all you would've seen anyways were two great big eyes. And, as a added freak out, I had to wait five extremely long and boring hours before anything remotely interesting happened, well, more interesting than changing into surgery garb. Anyways, I guess it all went well, I never did see the Doc or anyone other than a few nice nurses who really wanted to chat. And then I finally got to go home! I lived! WHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So now, the wrist is OK I guess. It aches, as I suppose it would, but it's not too bad. Friday morning my bandages and the shower water had a slight 
disagreement over physics so off I went to have the Doc change them (my Doc up the road, not The Doc, I see him on the 26th). And underneath is a very colorful wrist - all purples and yellows and blues and even some greens. But hey, the real bandage underneath is just a little thing covered in a square of waterproof tape. The swelling has finally gone down, I can feel more of my thumb today (yay!), and I dare say the anesthetic haze has mostly lifted (YAY!). I haven't needed many of the pseudo pain pills (basically just Tylenol with Codeine) because it hasn't been that bad. I think I've taken a total of four out of the forty. And two of those I didn't really neeeeeed but I thought it'd help tone the swelling down while I slept (don't think it helped actually). So, pretty good really for a big, scary surgery!
disagreement over physics so off I went to have the Doc change them (my Doc up the road, not The Doc, I see him on the 26th). And underneath is a very colorful wrist - all purples and yellows and blues and even some greens. But hey, the real bandage underneath is just a little thing covered in a square of waterproof tape. The swelling has finally gone down, I can feel more of my thumb today (yay!), and I dare say the anesthetic haze has mostly lifted (YAY!). I haven't needed many of the pseudo pain pills (basically just Tylenol with Codeine) because it hasn't been that bad. I think I've taken a total of four out of the forty. And two of those I didn't really neeeeeed but I thought it'd help tone the swelling down while I slept (don't think it helped actually). So, pretty good really for a big, scary surgery!
Oh, and speaking of pretty good, as a result, have had the whole of last week off work, naturally. Usually after the first day or two I'd go a bit buggy and 
cabin fevery, but thanks to the anesthetic haze and the warm and muggy days (thankfully it hasn't been tooooo hot), all I've really felt like doing is watch movies, which I've done with glee! I never sit around on weekends doing nothing, so this has been a nice indulgence. I mean, I know my poor little wrist needs it, and I've certainly tried, but seeing as am on my own, well, food doesn't make itself and float to me, nor do the dishes wash themselves (curse not buying paper plates like I meant to)! I am trying tho. 'Course, I probably shouldn't be typing... Hooray for the wrist brace which really stops me from doing dumb stuff!
cabin fevery, but thanks to the anesthetic haze and the warm and muggy days (thankfully it hasn't been tooooo hot), all I've really felt like doing is watch movies, which I've done with glee! I never sit around on weekends doing nothing, so this has been a nice indulgence. I mean, I know my poor little wrist needs it, and I've certainly tried, but seeing as am on my own, well, food doesn't make itself and float to me, nor do the dishes wash themselves (curse not buying paper plates like I meant to)! I am trying tho. 'Course, I probably shouldn't be typing... Hooray for the wrist brace which really stops me from doing dumb stuff!
So there you are. I survived My First Surgery! And boy do I never want to do that again! Hopefully when I see The Doc on the 26th, he'll be happy with what he did and hopefully I won't have done something stupid to screw up the
healing process........... !? Am waiting to go see the hand therapist before then tho who will hopefully reassure me I haven't screwed things up and I can do some exercises.... And hopefully the therapist will also tell me when I can go back to work.......? Not that I'm in a big huge rush to go back..... I still have movies to watch!
Otherwise, all is well. Same ol' stuff really, surgery aside. I hope you're all well up there, getting ready for winter. After all these years down in these here parts, I still can't get used to Xmas in the middle of a stinking hot and humid summer. It's just weird. Weird to see all the faux-snow covered decorations and Santas and reindeer. Weird. But hey, if you ever get the urge to spend Xmas down thisaway, and you really like hot and humid summers, well hell, c'mon down and check it out! It's weird!
BYE!
J!
J!
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