Once Again, Mother Nature Gets It Wrong

Happy First Day of Spring!!
Wait a minute...is that....is that snow?

Once again, Mother Nature gets it ass-backwards and decides to snow on the first day of spring. How rude! There's nothing sadder than seeing little yellow and purple crocus huddling together under a barrage of white snowflakes. Not. Cool. At. All. Spring is by far the most finicky of all seasons, and rarely fails to dissappoint on at least several occasions each year. This being one of them.
Looks like I'll be spending this first day of spring bundled in a sweatshirt and slippers, keeping a close proximity to the fire at all times. Ick.

Adventure Aquarium aka "The Happening Spot If You're Under The Age Of 7"

To combat my cabin fever, Brian took me to Adventure Aquarium in Camden today. Unfortunately, about 16 elementary schools had the same idea.

I can't complain - in all honesty, aquariums are great for kids. It was so refreshing to see a bunch of children running and exploring and pointing and saying "wow" instead of playing their videogames and screeming and generally being ill-raised. I'm not saying it wasn't a challenge to navigate the corriders lined with strollers and herds of schoolchildren (man, those kids are FAST and completely oblivious to anyone over the height of 4 feet), but it was great to see that children these days still get a sense of wonder and awe at the natural world.

And the sharks were wicked cool too :-)

Back-to-Work Countdown is DELAYED

Well, after my painful typing experience, review of my disability documents (which need to be faxed, like, now, before I miss the deadline for disability), and a talk with HR, it looks like my triumphant return to work will be delayed by at least one week. I'm now shooting for March 30, but I'm cleared by my Drs office through April 20. Crazy. So much for this miracle surgery that would have me "up and running in a week or two" according to my doctor. WRONG. I may be up and running, but driving and typing...not so much. Blah.

Back-to-Work Countdown

Well, I'm attempting to write this entire post using both left AND right hands - we'll see how that goes. I'm supposed to go back to work on Monday and I honestly have no clue if that is feasible in the least. As of today, I can type a bit, which is great, but I still can't drive, carry anything heavier than an empty cereal box, or put more than two pounds of pressure on anything with my right hand. Come to think of it, writing this post is really starting to hurt! Not a good sign, but I still have 4 days to go and the body is capable of amazing things. Or so I've heard.

Unfortunately, it turns out that spring is one of the worst times to break you wrist. The days are getting longer and warmer, which is ideal for numerous outdoor activities. I'm definitely getting antsy to start running again and get working on the yard, which needs considerable work. Aaah, well, all in good time.

Not good. Not good at all

I just read my work email and saw a request for an ominous Friday 3:00pm meeting followed by an even more ominous follow-up email from the owner of the company talking about staying positive through these "emotional" times and such. I called a bunch of people from work and nobody will get back to me.
Ugh I feel sick.
Somebody needs to call me back

Update:
Whoo, boy, there was a lay-off. 8 people up and terminated with almost no warning. 15% of our workforce is gone. Parking spots abound, even if you're 5 minutes late. Friends are lost. I'm sad, but greatful I still have a job (in theory, as I haven't been to work since February 20th).

Things I've learned while out on disability

1. Surgery - even out-patient surgery - generally sucks
2. traffic barely changes between rush-hour and n0n-rush-hour times. where the heck is everybody going? dont you people have jobs?
3. it kills me to forego capitalization and punctuation while typing with my left hand, but i do it anyway to save time. a part of me dies everytime.
4. cats really do sleep 23 hours a day. dogs pretty much do too. i do too when im on pain meds
5. you never get too old to enjoy your mothers cooking
6. if you dont wash your hand, after a while, it starts to smell like a foot. and that is gross
7. if cutting your partners food into tiny pieces so she can eat isn't love, then i dont know what is. and on that note...
8. brian is awesome and has the patience of a saint
9. im generally quite susceptible to infomercials. if im awake at 5 am, i should read a book otherwise i might buy a home gym or a food dehydrater
10. typing this took about 13 minutes. im appalled.

and thanks to ellegant for giving me a blog award and leaving cheerful 'get well' comments. you made my day!

keep on truckin'

well, the good news is that my wrist is starting to heal a bit which means i can be up and about for short periods of time without passing out from the pain.

but the bad news is that come thursday (surgery day), i'll be right back where i started, if not worse. go figure. looks like im gonna need more tastycakes...