I really believe in this cause--it's a great niche and really needed

I am off the cane, by the way, and I'm glad I can drive again for a slew of reasons, but I've been looking forward to this and was hoping I could go in time; I'd contacted their secretary a month-and-a-half ago about when it would be. I had some bottles ready for the last time in June, and that's when I fell off the porch into a rosebush, so I was in the ER during the dropoff. Hopefully, this time it'll be less eventful this time, as I've got quite a lot saved now. You can drop clean pill bottles and lids off at the Beaumont, Eastside, and Northside Branches of the Lexington Public Library, or the Scott County Public Library in Georgetown, from 1-2 PM on October 4th.  They're usually in a spot in the back parking lot so that you can just line up and hand over the bags/containers. Thank you to the ladies of the University of Kentucky Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and their Alumnae association.

Odd

It feels really weird to weird to wear pants today rather than (one of three pairs of) shorts I have, all of which are in the laundry to be washed, so I'm wearing my wide-legged pants that allow you to push up the fabric all the way up the thigh to get to the incision to massage the patella and incision or check for flexion, etc. The only problem they make for PT is the hurdles. I have to lift my knees a little more and concentrate a bit to make sure I don't knock them over, but that's actually good. But considering it's been 21 days since I've worn pants, it just feels odd. It doesn't hurt or anything; they're healed enough not to be an issue, it's just kind of strange. Funny how we get out of the habit of things. Like when I was first driving after two months. It took the first errand we ran to really get a feel for it again. But it's all good.

Speaking of driving, it's time to go to PT. I did the ROMTech bike after taking my morning meds and some insulin since I'd been high on my blood glucose, and then lay down to put some heat on that pulled muscle, which was tight. My roommate woke me up two hours later, at 12:30, which startled me that I slept that late. I hadn't expected that and hadn't set an alarm. My appointment is at 2 pm. My blood sugar was 43. I chewed quite a of glucose tablets. It's finally 141, so I can drive. But it had been so low it took a while to come back up. I'm hoping I'll get the okay to ditch the cane in the house (to be honest, I've mostly not been using it, to my roommate's dismay). I'm using it out of the house, and of course, on the steps still.

Okay, I'd better go. It's 1:23.

 

Huzzah!

Well, I:

• Drove to the UK area to pick up my friend's jacket, which he accidentally left at a friend's house while celebrating the new year
  
  
• Drove to the grocery store to pick up food, especially as we were out of coffee, so things were dire
  
  
• Drove to Captain D's through the drive-through to pick up dinner
  
  

It was odd to drive after eight weeks, but it felt nice to get some independence back. Yay, I'm back on the road!

Today I cancelled the Chandler Pharmacy's standing order to mail me my prescriptions, so I'll have to pick up a couple after PT tomorrow. So now I can go to my appointments by myself.

To everyone who drove me to my appointments, though, thank you so much for helping me! I really appreciate it.

Yay!!!

I got my bandages off, get to drive (starting small, anyway), and have a return date, right on schedule. Woo-hoo!!! See you all in October!

Here's post bandages being taken off:

The only thing he was concerned about is on my other leg, where the robot incision is, there is some redness around it, but there's no drainage, so he said to just keep an eye on it, and if it looks worse at all, call and get some antibiotics sent over to the pharmacy. Otherwise, not only was he pleased, but he was practically amazed by how well I was doing on it and commented to that effect.

Excited

I have my post-op appointment here in a couple of hours. Wish me luck and fingers crossed! I hope to get an idea of 1) when I can drive and 2) my return-to-work date. Plus, I'm getting my bandages off, regardless. Woo-hoo!

As far as the fusion bandage, it's all but ready to come off itself:

Jim Henson would have been 89 years old today

This is how the Muppets learned he died while planning a tribute for him. It was a lovely tribute, indeed. We need more Jim Hensons in the world. I wish we hadn't lost him so soon. So here on the anniversary of his birth, I thought I'd leave this here..

Happy Birthday in Heaven, Jim.

Sigh

I was curious as to when I joined Facebook. Apparently, this is no longer displaying in the 'about' section like it used to on my profile page, nor is it buried in the settings like it's supposed to be, even according to numerous instructions on the internet, YouTube videos, and the actually helpful Meta AI program. I finally found it by searching my activity log by filtering by year, as it only presents the years you actually post, and the first year was 2008, and my first post was on March 25th. Considering Facebook, or 'TheFacebook' started out as a college thing and was created in 2004, only being opened up to everyone in 2006, I'd consider myself a fairly early adopter. That means I've been on it for 19 years. Wow. I feel old. Considering it's taken me 45 minutes to find this date, I feel even older. I'm going to go get on that ROMTech bike and do something useful. 

I love this song

But the video makes me cry. It's hard being Superman.

Just as a reminder

We're heading into that time of the year. No, I'm not talking about Autumn, although happy Mabon. I'm talking about Banned Books Week, which this year is October 5th through 11th. George Takei has been named Honorary Chair this year.

So...

I have the t-shirt that says this that I bought from the ALA. Also, the bumper sticker. Always good to remind people. So take up a banned book this year and read or re-read it. Better yet, fight for the rights of others to read them. So many libraries, schools, librarians, and teachers are facing challenges across the nation right now. I'm really interested in seeing The Librarians for that reason, although I may wait till it streams somewhere if I can.

#10

Divergent Mind: Thriving in A World that Wasn't Designed for You, by Jenara Nerenberg. New York: HarperCollins, 2021.

The book itself isn't bad, it's actually pretty decent. I hate how it's exclusively geared towards women but you don't get that until you start reading it--there's nothing in the title or subtitle indicating that, and I think if I were a guy I'd feel like there was a bait and switch, because 1) male experiences matter, too, and 2) with the exception of a few cases, most of what she wrote would also apply to men, but it is written through a feminist, women-only lens. I'm saying this as a woman myself. I'm not saying we can't focus on our issues, but just be up front about it and don't alienate half the population, especially in a group that's already been alienated for being different from neurotypicals.