First Outing Driving the Beast !

Saturday:
   Yesterday I drove for the first time since my surgery in the Beast. (our truck) It was a little difficult getting up in the Beast, since I usually step up into it with my left foot on the driver's side. I finally made it, but I did cringe a little bit in pain. The passenger side is no problem, cos I step up with my right foot. Anyway, my Grand Daughter, Kara and I went to Hobby Lobby, and to Wally World. Hobby Lobby doesn't have wheel chairs so I had to walk in there with my crutches. I was able to get a few more flowers for the keepsake bouquet I am making, so I have everything I need. I thought in Walmart, that I could get one of their scooters to ride around on. Wrong, there weren't any, and I only saw 2 people were using them, (I know they have more than that) and we were all over the whole store! There wasn't even a  regular wheel chair to be had!  So, I had to walk again, only this time I didn't bring in both crutches, cos I was planing on riding on one of their carts!  I had to walk the whole store, needless to say, my foot was killing me when I got home. Can we say swelled? It was twice the size it was before I left! Ouch, boy did it hurt! It throbbed most of the night! I finally had to wrap it in my ace bandage to get some relief.

Foot Blurb:
   I bet you thought that the above paragraph was my foot blurb, haha not  that was only the lead in story!  I figure I haven't whined about it for a while to ya's! My foot looks good as far as the healing, and the shape is concerned. The skin on my foot is another story. I have slathered all kinds of lotion on my foot, (every night) from the time the stitches were out, and it is still peeling! It looks so gross and scaly I don't know what to do! The only thing I can think of is to soak it, and then see if I can rub the old skin off. Wish me luck, please, I'm gonna need it! Eww it is sooo gross!

Sunday:
   Well it is 63 degrees today and cloudy, with some rain sprinkles every once in a while. So for their 30% chance of rain, I guess the weather channel got it right. It is supposed to be back up in the 70's by Tuesday, but today's 63 degrees is chilly, and I am about ready to turn the gas fireplace on low to take the chill off. I am cold, I guess it doesn't take long for our blood to get used to sunshine and warmth! I think I'll try a long sleeved shirt for a while, before I resort to turning the fireplace on though. I'll save that for this evening, cos I'm sure it will be even more chilly then. Who knows with my hormones, I may be hot in just a few minutes! Lol! I can only hope! Hehe! Funny how it never works with ya, and always works against ya!

First Grilling:
   Usually I use our little tabletop grill all year round, but tonight will be the first time this year.Yesterday, when Kara and I were out, I got some of the little propane cylinders for our grill. So I will brave the chilly air and try to use it tonight. We got some New York strip steaks at Sam's the other day, so I bet ya can guess what we're having for dinner! So steak, baked potato, and some kind of vegi, I don't have the stuff for salad this time. Sounds good to me, it has been a long time since we had a steak, so I am looking forward to it. I may even have to have a glass of wine with it. I hope it tastes as good as I'm imagining it will. I think I will try to bake something for dessert too, and the oven will also warm up the apartment a little bit. We'll see how energetic I get this afternoon, I haven't done anything so far, except mess around on my laptop and then write this post. 

Cleaning:
   As you can imagine, things have not been given a good cleaning since I had surgery, so I think that will be my main focus tomorrow, seeing what I am able do. Tuesday it will be 6 weeks since my surgery. I can walk around without my crutches holding onto stuff, so I should be able to get some things done, if I am careful. I'll just need to take short breaks, and put my foot up so my foot doesn't get too swelled.

Ta Ta For Now:
   I think I am going to wind this post up, and see what I can get into, so I hope that your weekend as been great, with a little fun thrown in too.  So see ya's on Monday. Until then...