Miscellaneous

I was finally able to get a lot more laps in today. Twenty-two!! I have 11 ponytail holders on my pretend swim buoy and lately have been doing about 12 laps. That's terrible considering I was doing 30 before the surgery. The only thing is that these weren't all freestyle strokes. Most of them were, though. I moved all 11 over and then did it all over again for a total of 22. I can't go back now, so tomorrow I'll have to do at least 22 again. I just can't seem to get the dolphin kick. I don't need to do it; I just think that it would be a good core exercise. I've watched videos on GoSwim, but I look real silly doing the drills. I think I need fins.

I'm so glad my heartburn has gone away. There's maybe just a touch of it left, but not bothersome like it was. I probably should take the Zantac every morning anyway.

Sack had her first basketball game last Saturday morning. They tied at 8. I didn't know they would end it in a tie! She fell down once and fought for the ball once, too! She plays with 2 others girls from Natcher and the other 5 are from Briarwood.

Igle had cataract surgery yesterday. His blood pressure went way up and they couldn't let him leave until it went down. They tried having him empty his bladder (!), putting some medicine in his I.V. and then, finally, giving him Tylenol and that's what worked. Who knew Tylenol could lower your blood pressure?

My hair is getting long! Longer than it's been in over 20 years. I have a pic of DH and I being the MC's at the Homecoming and it's touching my shoulders. That was just a few years ago. It is now touching my shoulders and then some. It's showing more gray than I'd like around my face. But the color doesn't seem to be noticeable at the roots, so I don't really wanna pay big bucks right now.

Until next time...

Let's Move Our Focus From My Foot To More Important Things

Okay, I've gone on and on about my foot surgery. I remember so well setting the date for the surgery and thinking, "I wish it would hurry up and get here". Now it's been a month since I had it done! So, let's be done with "reminiscing" with this last post. The only time I limp is in the mornings (habit, I think) and when I walk barefoot on a floor w/o carpet. Mostly, this is at the pool. I wince in anticipation of the pain. Of course, it's not like the pain I had before. It's kinda worse in one respect because I keep thinking I'm going to damage either my tender foot insides that were moved around or the incision (which has healed nicely). It's just so wonderful that I can now wear a pair of shoes that would've been hurting my foot before I got out the door! The weird thing is that every now and then I get the same "click" in my right foot that I had in my left foot for so long. It's a "mulder's click" that indicates you have a neuroma. Well, time will tell if that foot also has one. Here is a video I made recounting my recovery. I left out the day I was able to go to the pool. Of course, I couldn't video or take pictures of anything past the "pre-surgery room". So, those memories will remain in my head. For awhile, anyway. Here it is!