Slow Recovery

KC is still recovering from her surgery. She is still experiencing a good deal of pain (1 1/2 months later), although given the severity of her endometriosis, I guess that should not have been too surprising. Nevertheless, she is a little bit frustrated because it is taking longer than expected to heal. Fortunately though, she does appear to be healing (per a series of invasive tests), just not as fast as she wants.

I went walking with her last weekend. We walked a long loop through the neighborhood, probably about a mile or so. She was walking at a fairly fast pace, stopping only to look at various neighbors' yards. I believe that she has palm envy (we don't have any palm trees in our yard).

A funny story - probably typifies what it means to live in a small town in the South. We decided to go to a local restaurant for wings (over 31 different flavors!). We ended up sitting in the bar section. A family with a 6 month year old baby ended up sitting to the right of us (Look, it's a baby. IN A BAR). I looked straight ahead, and there was a 6 year old kid, sitting on a barstool, talking to his dad. To the left of us, was a mother with her 3 year old kid. A few minutes later, a policeman walks into the bar to order some take-out. The cop walks by the baby, the 3 year old, and the 6 year old. He waits for his food, pays, and then leaves the premises. The cop NEVER SAID A WORD!!! I guess, it shouldn't surprise me, since this is the same place that will serve you a mixed drink in a styrofoam "to-go" cup.

Two Thousand WHAT?!

We are in year Two Thousand What? How did Christmas blow by? What about New Year's? It seems like it was just last week that I had a surgery (and the surprise) and my finals while I'm on pain killers. Once I released the CO2 that the doctor pumped in, my in-laws were here and 3 friends from the NW came soon after.

We had a Great time with everyone. I do remember having a great Christmas with Stakit's parents here and celebrating New Year's with our very, very close, special friends that came all the way across the country... We were having such a wonderful time that I had some scary rash all over me on New Year's day from some yummy fudge BUT I didn't even care. 'cause we haven't had good times like that for a loooooong, long time. It was fantastic! It's like a beautiful dream. Wait, was it a dream? I'm confused. I really think it was real. I would like to thank Stakit's parents, T, G, & B came out and visited us!

It looks like we really are in Two Thousand Eight.... (I still don't know how that happened) so,

To my loyal readers (it always warms my heart when I look at the log and see that you have stopped by to read my blog. Thank You!):

HAPPY NEW YEAR! May you and your family have a wonderful New Year with Happiness and Good Health!

Love,
KC & Stakit