Another rainy day.. they seem to be in the majority lately. I made it out very early, before by physical therapy, and counted the fish. I've only seen one frog for the last couple of days, but I know there are two. The little brown fish is making it to the top to eat a lot more frequently. If you look closely you can see him swimming like the dickens to keep up.
Had my annual physical this morning, and got a flu shot. Results are in from the echo. I have a bicuspid aortic valve. A birth defect that causes no trouble until later in life. It is inherited. So it will be yearly monitoring and probably valve replacement down the road, just like a car. I can't remember when it was that I went from being a brand new Beemer to a used Datsun. Doesn't matter - just gotta deal with it and move on.
It is Friday, my day off, and I have already received a message from my boss that there are two reports due next week - one due on Monday. I just want to go out for a long, long walk and not worry about anything. I just want to... you know.. take a long walk. Or maybe sit by the pond and watch the fish swimming around.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Back to work
Ugh. I went back to work last Monday. I am very uninspired.. ready to not be working, though I'd rather be healthy and not working than on disability. I can bend my right knee so that my heel nearly touches by back thigh. The left knee is getting there, but is still very stiff and aches a lot. I walked for an hour yesterday in two half hour stretches, and by the time I was done the muscles were very weak, but I wasn't in a great deal of pain. We signed up for our Vail ski trip, so I guess that means I'll be skiing this winter! YAY!
We bought a white lily for the pond, so now there are pink lilies and white lilies blooming. There are also TWO little green frogs! I have no idea where they came from, but I really, really, really hope they stay. The redstarts are darting in and out of the bushes, trying to work up the nerve to dip into the waterfall, and I have seen raccoon prints along the rocks early in the morning some days, as though I've disturbed their morning foraging. They can't get the fish, but they might be eating the snails. Three days ago a doe and two fawn, mature beyond their spots, crossed the yard near to the apple tree. We do not prune or bother with the apples, so they get wormy and drop. The deer are the beneficiaries of our purposeful neglect. We also don't net our blueberry bushes, and the berries disappear as soon as they are ripe. And we have seen the fox, just at dusk and in the pre-dawn hours, skirting the edge of the yard, hoping for something tasty like a mouse or mole who might be searching for stray seeds under the bird feeders. Once we watched him grab a squirrel before the sun had set, but we rarely see him in daylight these days. We only have a half acre of land in a suburban neighborhood with a patch of woods nearby, but we've planted our yard for the wildlife, and the pond is a magnet for critters passing through.
We bought a white lily for the pond, so now there are pink lilies and white lilies blooming. There are also TWO little green frogs! I have no idea where they came from, but I really, really, really hope they stay. The redstarts are darting in and out of the bushes, trying to work up the nerve to dip into the waterfall, and I have seen raccoon prints along the rocks early in the morning some days, as though I've disturbed their morning foraging. They can't get the fish, but they might be eating the snails. Three days ago a doe and two fawn, mature beyond their spots, crossed the yard near to the apple tree. We do not prune or bother with the apples, so they get wormy and drop. The deer are the beneficiaries of our purposeful neglect. We also don't net our blueberry bushes, and the berries disappear as soon as they are ripe. And we have seen the fox, just at dusk and in the pre-dawn hours, skirting the edge of the yard, hoping for something tasty like a mouse or mole who might be searching for stray seeds under the bird feeders. Once we watched him grab a squirrel before the sun had set, but we rarely see him in daylight these days. We only have a half acre of land in a suburban neighborhood with a patch of woods nearby, but we've planted our yard for the wildlife, and the pond is a magnet for critters passing through.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Frog and Fish
Yesterday I was skimming leaves out of the pond and a little brown fish darted by the skimmer net. It was only a few inches long, and I'm certain it is not among my original 11 fish. It must be the little bitty 1/4 inch fish I saw nibbling along the edges of the plant wall last summer. To make it even better, a small green frog had planted himself on a rock nearby! YAY! I have really missed my frogs, which left when the toads showed up earlier this summer.
Tomorrow I go to the orthopod for my one month follow-up. I'm doing really well since I started PT, and I am thinking they'll let me go back to work on Monday.
Tomorrow I go to the orthopod for my one month follow-up. I'm doing really well since I started PT, and I am thinking they'll let me go back to work on Monday.
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