Monday, February 20, 2006

the good, the bad, and the ugly

good news - i'm back to work after having my knee arthroscopy, and two bone fragments removed from my left knee on the 8th. at first i was hesitant to come back (with a little over a week off who wants to go back to work?? but bills are a calling....) so here i sit. back in the same old job with not too much to do. oh well, i'm still glad to be back and out and about socializing again.

more good news - recently found out that a close friend of mine who went through a tough break-up and has been out own her own (man free for a year i think) and she has finally met a nice, tall, dark handsome older man and she couldn't be happier (and i couldn't be happier for her!). so the saying is true. good things come to those who wait!

bad news - i have to start physio tomorrow. ouch. and i'm dreading the pain (i here they really make u work, which is a good thing in a way but i'm a total baby when it comes to pain) so i'm not looking forward to tomorrow afternoon.

and finally the ugly - ontop of hearing the good news about one friend i found out some horrible news about another friend. i overheard some of my co-workers talking about a guy who had passed away from a heart attack over the weekend and found out that it was my friends dad. i felt like i had been hit with a ton of bricks. and i instantly flashed to when i was in her wedding party and how he was so happy and just buzzing around, making jokes and just so proud of her. she was definetely a daddy's girl. and then i thought of my own dad who is about the same age and that i could be me going thru the hell of having just lost him. i can't imagine what she is going thru. and i can't imagine facing her tomorrow in the receiving line and giving her my condolances.

anyways, that's the latest and greatest ~ i'm out ~

4 comments:

Wandering Coyote said...

Well, glad to hear the knee surgery went OK, but yeah, the physio will be painful, I'm sure. But it's a good pain! A healing pain! Think of it that way.

Sorry to hear about your friend's dad. You can never be prepared for a sudden death like that one, so just enjoy your loved ones all the more NOW.

flea said...

wc - thanks, i'm nervous as hell but i'm sure i will live (if i can handle the pain of dislocating it in the first place than this should be a piece of cake...right....right????)

i know i think this has made me appreciate my mom and dad all the more. not looking forward to the wake this afternoon, i'm sure i will be blatting my head off.

flea said...

mister u - thanks for dropping by and making me even more nervous!

i'm now dreading this session....

flea said...

so the physio wasn't really all that bad, in fact i didn't have to have any of the fancy macines or the scary one with the electrodes...just basic movements that i have to do 2 times a day

so i'll live for another day

thanks for the kind words and encouragement