Day 931

I like to think I'm a strong person. It seems counterintuitive that illness would make someone stronger. I don't think it's so much the illness itself but what the illness has made me do.

Live life.

But I'm not feeling so strong right now. My pain, stiffness, and fatigue are approaching my maximum threshold. My knee has been increasingly been getting worse and needs replacing. I re-injured my rotator cuff a while back and it makes doing anything with my right arm - including cutting out stockings - quite difficult. And for some reason I feel like my lung issue might even be getting worse.

I'm in physical therapy to try and regain some strength. What kind of exercises does someone with a knee that needs replacing, a torn rotator cuff, and one functional lung do? Lots of things. Unfortunately mostly upper body work. Things that hurt. A lot. And wear me out. A lot. And make me not be able to catch my breath. A lot.

So yeah, not feeling so strong right now. Almost (okay kinda) was in tears when I got into the car tonight after physical therapy. I'm trying so hard to hold it all together. Kitty knows that, too. Could she squish any closer to me?

Day 930

What state does this tortilla chip look like? Idaho, of course. And no, I didn't break it to make it look like this.

Day 929

When you are dragging like I am right now it is a real treat to find someone to take you out to dinner at the local pizza place. It's good even if it is someone you pick up on the side of the road as you're driving home.

I am so against picking anyone up but when you come across your hubby as he walks home from school on a hot day you just have to stop.

Hot day, hot pizza. Yep, those are jalapeños on the pizza.

Day 928

At least I have some company while I'm working in the sewing room. Although she might not be the best of helpers. You'd think she'd at least pick up the stray threads off the floor but she seems to like hang out with them instead.

Day 927

How committed am I to passing the self-imposed 400 stockings for soldiers goal? By the looks of just the past 24 hours - cut stockings, fabric strips, and scraps - it might become more of an obsession.