Blog slacker alert! I’ve been blogging less often than usual this week, dropping down to every other day lately instead of daily – I know. Hope I’m not losing my readers – bear with me! I don’t mean to skimp, but any time Ted is actually home on the evenings or weekends, my time is his and I’m devoted to attending to him instead of my computer.
We’ve had an eventful few days. Sunday night we had a pretty big storm that passed through Cincinnati – complete with pounding rains, high winds, booming thunder and an intense, hours-long lightning show. The volume of the rain and thunder woke me Monday morning at about 5:30. The lightening was so bright that I couldn’t get back to sleep. As soon as I’d settled myself beneath our comforter again intent on sleeping, my eyes properly shielded from the frequent lightning strokes, the tornado sirens went off. We rolled out of bed and briefly ventured down to the safety of our (still wet) basement. The sirens didn’t last long and there really wasn’t a tornado. It was just Cincy’s way of warning its citizens of basic inclement weather in the middle of the night. However, it was long enough to jolt us out of our sleep and keep us awake for a good 45 minutes. Worst part was that Ted had to wake up for his physical therapy appointment about 20 minutes later.
When I did eventually slip back to sleep, I awoke with the strangest dream I’ve possibly ever had floating through my memory. One of two thoughts entered my mind – A) What the heck did I eat last night!? B) Back-sleeping and storms are a notoriously oddball dream combination for me. I apparently need to stop sleeping on my back, especially during thunderstorms. When Ted got home from his PT appointment I couldn’t wait to tell him about the 23 pink piggies in our backyard wearing Spurs basketball jerseys (yes, they were clothed. In Spurs jerseys no less.) that I dreamed about. I told you. Weird.
This morning Ted had his knee surgery at Mercy Anderson hospital. We played hookey from work and spent our morning at the hospital and the afternoon laying low and relaxing together. From my vantage point (since I’m not the one who had the surgery), it was a really nice day together. I’ve never been through a surgery prep and it was really interesting to be there through it all – to see all the equipment, the monitors, the anesthesia, and the pre-op check list and questions they have to complete. Ted’s pre-op doctors were great, very funny and very attentive. It was a fairly non-invasive 30-minute surgery with about a 45 minute recovery period. They gave him crutches and that was that. He could put full weight on his knee right after the surgery, so the crutches are mainly for balance and to help him stay off his leg a little. But his leg is sore and wrapped up pretty good. Since he couldn’t eat or drink anything since midnight the night before his surgery, we immediately headed to Ihop for food after the hospital. Turns out it was free pancake day! Score for us! We have excellent timing. I grabbed a treat (a strawberry limeade at Sonic!) and we caught a 5:00 showing of The Dilemma at the cheap-o movie theatre near home (it was $1.75 admission Tuesday!). I got Ted all settled in at home and went to fetch Mexican carry-out for dinner. It was a really nice, relaxing, well-deserved day together and Ted is recovering nicely. But tomorrow it’s back to the grind of daily life – work for both of us. Every now and then you just need to take a mental (and physical) health day, don’t you think?
