Once in awhile-now and again-this is us

Everyone is being so nice and i’m getting so many goodies and well wishes. we have the best friends, neighbors and family imaginable. linda is always sharing her food with us. she loves to cook delicious meals and we are on the receiving end of that a lot. Since my surgery, she first made us a delicious, juicy organic roasted chicken. and then made a delicious, nutritious, bone broth out of the bones. i added some noodles, carrots, and leftover chicken for soup. next we got yummy pesto salmon.

rosemary brings us the best homemade sourdough bread. this time is was the best rye i’ve ever tasted. paula brought over fresh croissants and cookies. the mudge’s, midas’s best friend’s, that make a special trip to give him snacks every night, are sharing their delicious plums with us. they said they have had over a thousand this year.

thuy sent food in when the girls came for a visit. i couldn’t go to the graduation, so she had to come get her presents. it’s hard to wrap my head around that she will be starting college in the fall. thuy always brings egg rolls when the whole family comes over, so she sent some in with them. egg rolls are so labor intensive, she gets these from a restaurant, and they are very good. (but her’s are much better) and she makes her own version of meatloaf, that is much better than my old fashioned recipe. she also made us some great chicken enchiladas.

tony brought jerry these huge cookies from ’crumbl’ cookies for fathers day. then took him to see ’top gun’ and lunch at the ‘cheesecake factory’. a nice break for jerry. even though i think i’ve made it easier than he thought it would be to help me.

all of this is helping my progress for sure. i did go back to taking a pain pill to sleep. it’s only been two weeks, duh! i have my post-op visit with the doctor today, so i took one, because i know he’s going to pull and yank on my leg and knee taking off the bandages. I’m anxious to see the incision and what kind of scar i’m going to have.

that was some loud thunder last night. the rain got pretty intense. we were worried about midas, but he was on the porch waiting for breakfast this morning. jerry sat with him while the thunder started again. then when jerry came in the house, he followed. he cleaned for awhile and then wanted out.

I start physical therapy tomorrow. i feel an ouch coming already. i hope it’s going to be ok to take the pain pills before the first visits.

so stay tuned, but – beware, i might post a picture of the scar.

I’ve done that two steps forward and one back too ray. so i’m just taking it one day at a time.

💗jilly