My Current Little Peninsula of lLfe

 So, while things may be messy across the world right now, I still have stuff to do. The main focus in the next two weeks is my hand surgery! Finally! It took a while but it's on my schedule for two weeks from now. 

After it stops hurting, it's going to feel so much better. I’m very much looking forward to it, even though I'm going to be essentially out of commission for about 4-6 weeks. I imagine I can let other people cook and pick up. I can let other people do laundry, load and unload the dishwasher. Then a bit of hand therapy and I’ll be way better than now. 

It's tough, having your dominant hand hobbled by sharp pains when you try to do something, or when you try to do anything really. Things you can do with little thought suddenly take planning and care to accomplish without swearing. I’ve been over this whole thing for a year now. It's time. 

I’m a little concerned about the after effects, about how I'll be able to use it after. I'm hoping it won't be much different than my carpal tunnel surgeries. It's not terribly different now, honestly. The outside of my right thumb is numb, there's the whole pain thing, and I can't use my hand like I'm accustomed to. 

So, yeah. It's about time. 

I need to figure out how to make things easier on the family while I'm out of commission. I was thinking about putting together meal kits for making dinners but I think I'll just pre-bake snacks and treats. That way we'll have things and won't have to go buy things that aren't as good for us. I think that's the way to go. Premake some bread, muffins, cookies or brownies, maybe donuts, or possibly bagels. I really don't know. I have a week and a lot of flour. Things will get done, for sure. 

What will I do after, though? Cooking is always my fallback activity, something that keeps me busy but also has a big reward to it. Can't play video games, really. I could read, though. Well, we’re headed to the comic book store this weekend, so maybe I’ll find something there. 

I’m also going to try getting a couple of blog posts pre-written. The. I won't have to worry about that. Forgot to do that last time, and later realized I was MIA for a few weeks. Sorry about that. 

That's part of what I'll do the next couple o

f weeks.