First day with no nap: I'm a big girl now!

 Super productive day...for Kevin while I supervised and stuck my hand in whenever I could. Actually, it was more like, "hey can you dig that dirt and move it there for me?" The amazing BBF of mine made me a cold frame! I had been harping on about how much we need one for months, and he had purposely built our bigger raised beds to become greenhouses for the winter. The weather has warmed up, the soil is lovely and moist, and as per the Farmer's Alamac calendar for Squamish, now is an ok moon-favourable date to start my planting your seeds outdoors. I've started about 6 different veggies and 5-6 perennials indoors and have got quite the little sweat shop factory style going on! 

My little buds have graduated to spending the night out in the cold frame, as I slowly conditioned them to the outdoors in order to not frighten them...or something like that. I have no idea, I'm just going with what seems right!!

The baby cold frame!

 So after a great sleep in that Kevin thoroughly deserved (that man works too hard), he made a great brunch of corn pancakes with bacon and maple syrup, and off we went to buy more seeds and tools required for the cold frame. Super simple and quick to make and cost under $20. Small milestone of the day: I can walk the entire length of Canadian Tire...excellent.
I potted more seeds and kept Kevin company by roaming around the place, and attempted tilling the raised beds by sitting on be ass...it can be done!

The babies and their new homes...so proud!

I also had a visit from my friend Dobbs today, which was super nice as he came all the way from Vancouver for some tea and muffins. I was surprised that by 5pm I wasn't too tired or sore: have started to add Diclofinac (NSAIDs) throughout the day in order to reduce the need for requiring breakthrough Hydromorphone. I now know when my knee is starting to get a bit "fed-up" which basically means that it needs to be moved or it will get stropy. I feel like I am the mother of a 4 year old: it can sit still and be polite for 15 minutes, but after that it starts to fidget, squirm, and give you that look, "can we go for ice cream now???" therefore, you have to distract it.

My distraction for an unruly knee? A good 10 minute stretch, thigh massage, and 15 minute CC (the knees' version of ice cream). I was treated out for dinner last night and after 20 minutes Kevin noticed how fidgety I was. Thankfully we where only at out local cafe and not some posh bistro...  

It's naked!

Peeled off the steri-strips in the shower this morning: I like picking scabs so I couldn't help it...what? 
Anyway, check out the minimum swelling. Thank you Cryocuff! Oh and hey, I found my knee cap.
You can also see that the right thigh is looking slightly smaller. 
Measurement; 15 inches...lost 2 inches. 10-days post op, no thanks to muscle atrophy

BENT!

 

Check out the bend!! Yippee!! I finally seem to have found a remedy that keeps me occupied, happy, productive, but not feeling like I'm rushing around or pushing myself too much. Each day I try to stretch a little further but don't reach too far; my little hands can only grab so much and I can't be too greedy. Even Kevin is noticing how much my energy is growing each day and am able to complete more tasks around the home. I've learnt not to be stoic and not to be stubborn. It cost me a few days ago and I do not want to be in that state again.

Though I do miss hanging out with my best friend. I miss going for our runs, climbing together, taking a nice stroll down by the river, or working in the garden together. We both enjoy to just lie side by side and just talk non-stop about anything for hours so I am glad we have kept that going. By the summer (lets say mid-August) I should be pretty close too 100% so I should be able to help Kevin finish building the bedroom, however that seems so long away. You can't help but feel left out when you are the one watching the other one drive away to play, even though you know you aren't. You don't want to hold them back from having fun because that's is not fair, nor do you have the right. But that's what you want to do. You want to scream, "you can't have fun because I'm not!" But again, that's not right. 
So instead you suck it up, you push him towards the door and say, "you deserve to go and have fun. You do everything and anything for me and I want you to go and enjoy yourself...but be home to cook me dinner ok 'cause I can't stand for that long..." Seal it with a kiss and just be thankful for him.