Forced "PAUSE".......

I cannot tell you how many days I wake up at 8:00 in the morning and think how great it would be to just stay in bed all day.  Well, I am now able to report that I have spent the last nine days doing exactly that and I am just about over it.  It is not all it is cracked up to be.  Days 1-3 weren't so bad.  There is something to be said for having the family wait on you hand and foot.  I didn't need a bell.  I just grabbed my cell and called for service....fill my water glass, fluff my pillow, can you get me a bowl of ice cream "please".  How can that be bad?  By day 4 it was all bad.  I am totally over it and ready for life to be back to normal.

How did I end up in this stranded state?  I had to undergo yet another surgery.  I can now almost connect the scars on my body.  It started with pains in my legs ands hips that would not go away.  Off to my doctor thinking I needed hip replacement.  Nothing wrong with my hips....my back was out of wack.  Crushed nerves were the culprit causing the intense pain.  The cure....surgery of course.  So blindly accepting the prognosis we set a date for the procedure and here I am recovering.

So how do I know I am getting better?  The tray in my lap is a sure sign that there is nothing wrong with me.  I have every food group in front of me...including my favorite....a Whataburger Jr. and Diet Coke.  All is well in my world!

So what to do during all of this idle time?

Read!

I get a regular visit from the UPS man with another book in a package.  Previous problem? No time to read.  Boy, not an excuse now.  So I am buried in books and enjoying it.  It is about that time to "PAUSE"!

Morning coffee in bed is a good thing.  Of course, I do that everyday anyway.  Now I just stay here.  It is a three hour coffee hour!

And finally, I am attacking all of those quilts that have no binding.  I am actually almost through with one and if I can milk this recovery long enough I may be able to finish a second.

I am actually feeling fairly good but while I have the families attention I think I will just enjoy it a little longer....why not?