Surgery Recuperating

(This is a boring update on my two weeks of recovery from surgery. Nothing very interesting going on here.)

The last two weeks have been not quite what I expected them to be. I thought that after the surgery it would take me about two or three days to recuperate and then I would be able to catch up on life while still resting. Do some reading, writing, organize paper work that hasn't been done in way too long, send out my thank you cards from the wedding. It would a restful, recupperating, productive two weeks.

However, I've been a little frustrated at the fact that it didn't turn out that way. I guess I wasn't expecting the surgery to be so rough on me. I wasn't expecting the anesthetics to have such nasty lasting affects on me. I wasn't expecting the pain from the four little cuts and the discomfort not being able to move would do. I'm glad the surgery is done, but I'd rather not have to go through that again. I kept telling myself that a gallstone attack was worse pain than all of this and it seemed alright!

For the first week I couldn't even get out of bed basically and slept through most of it. Last week if I tried doing anything productive, after a little while of doing work I ended up having to rest and sleep for the rest of the day. I didn't catch up on life, other than the cards that are almost done! My house is a mess, even though Jeremy did wash the floors and do a lot of dishes. I have to start work again on Wednesday/Thursday and I haven't done most of what I wanted to do.

But, I guess that's what sick leave is about. If I could do stuff I should be working. So, at least I haven't felt like I'm taking unnecessary sick days or guilty about telling people they can't come over. I'm surprised how two weeks in church life has felt like a really long time as I tried not to do anything. I'm hopefully ready to get back into it and ready to tackle the challenges ahead of me.

Anyhow, I just thought I would give a little update to those wondering how things are going. I hope you all enjoy the new week ahead of us!

Friday

I'm annoyed that what I really want to write about I can't. But, at the same time.. here's a song I'm enjoying right about now in my nice soothing office as I plan for this coming Sunday. Hope you enjoy too.

Productively Unproductive

Ever feel like you are unproductively productive? It's been one of those weeks here. Because I'm sure you love to read about my week, here's a little of what it looked like.

My office is finally done, which meant that the 6 days of having no office to accumulate paper work, books, music sheets, and furniture needed to be taken care of. And let me tell you it wasn't pretty. I didn't get my day off on Monday because I had Bible Study in Chandler, what I do usually once a month. So, I took Tuesday off instead and ended up not even doing half of what I wanted to do during that day. I spent the day Wednesday cleaning the house up and re-organizing my office because of that. Today, I had to spend a part of my afternoon at the hospital, and I need to go back tomorrow morning.

Enough to say, I haven't gotten much work done this week. But then I did get two Bible studies done. I now have an office I enjoy working in. I have all my pre-op stuff done and most likely an appointment for surgery very soon. I even started paying off my student loan. So, it really hasn't been that unproductive. It just didn't look like what it usually does.

To show this, I thought I would add a few pictures of my office now that it is pretty much done. I have a few things to add here and there. I have some apple boxes that I want to cover with fabric to keep some of my supplies in since I don't have any drawers. I want to finally develop some of our wedding pictures and hopefully frame them for one of the walls. I want to bring in some beach grass in some of my vases, etc... It should look nice by the time it's done. Even if it only gets done in the next few months.

And, by the way, I really wish I was a good photographer... but I never was good with those kind of artsy skills. So you can't really tell how nice the color actually is.

If I was rich I would have nice fancy guest chairs in dark brown leather with green pillows. I would also have a nice antique wood desk. But, I'm a pastor and I never know when the week where I won't be able to cash my pay will come. I'm not worried, I'd just rather not spend frivolous amounts of money for nothing. Which meant I also gave up on the nice light fixture I had chosen and instead decided to fix and clean the one that was there. I also dug up that little dresser thing from the basement of the church to add a touch of that antique feel I wanted. Anyway, here's what it looks like.

Don't forget what it looked like before: