Weekend in brief
I had a really nice weekend. Friday evening we watched Helvetica, which I enjoyed. I found the typographers interviewed for the film to be entertaining and wonderfully nerdy. Helvetica: whether you think it's perfection or boring, it's inescapable.
Saturday I spent several hours running errands and doing just a bit of "relaxation shopping". I managed to entice rfunk to go along with me, so he was able to help me dump off the recycling before it took over too much of the kitchen. It was mostly running around doing stuff for me, but I was very glad of the company.
It was a great weekend for togetherness in general, actually. Since I am only at work for three days this week, I decided not to worry about doing laundry or cooking food for lunches over the weekend, so it was a more relaxed and leisurely weekend than they have been of late.
I am also more able-bodied now that I stopped seeing the physical therapist twice a week. I'm still doing the daily PT exercises, and so maintaining the strength I gained. But without the extra pain the visits to the therapist were causing. This helps my mood immensely.
I recently decided to start making my own greeting cards. I finally got inspired to make Christmas cards (one of Saturday's stops was to a scrapbooking store), and spent several hours Saturday evening making cards for my coworkers. I handed them out this morning, quickly, before I could decide they were utter crap and throw them all away. Next year's cards will be better. It is a relief to have found a means of artistic expression that I can do while seated.
Last night we went to a joint birthday party for me (my birthday was two weeks ago), rfunk's sister, and his cousin's son. I had fun and ate too much cake.
Now, I have a three day work week followed by a four-day weekend. Next week's schedule will be the same. Just when I need days off the most.
Saturday I spent several hours running errands and doing just a bit of "relaxation shopping". I managed to entice rfunk to go along with me, so he was able to help me dump off the recycling before it took over too much of the kitchen. It was mostly running around doing stuff for me, but I was very glad of the company.
It was a great weekend for togetherness in general, actually. Since I am only at work for three days this week, I decided not to worry about doing laundry or cooking food for lunches over the weekend, so it was a more relaxed and leisurely weekend than they have been of late.
I am also more able-bodied now that I stopped seeing the physical therapist twice a week. I'm still doing the daily PT exercises, and so maintaining the strength I gained. But without the extra pain the visits to the therapist were causing. This helps my mood immensely.
I recently decided to start making my own greeting cards. I finally got inspired to make Christmas cards (one of Saturday's stops was to a scrapbooking store), and spent several hours Saturday evening making cards for my coworkers. I handed them out this morning, quickly, before I could decide they were utter crap and throw them all away. Next year's cards will be better. It is a relief to have found a means of artistic expression that I can do while seated.
Last night we went to a joint birthday party for me (my birthday was two weeks ago), rfunk's sister, and his cousin's son. I had fun and ate too much cake.
Now, I have a three day work week followed by a four-day weekend. Next week's schedule will be the same. Just when I need days off the most.