April 3, 2022 - Sunday


Apparently, Play-Doh is serious business. You'd think I was forcing them to play with it! 😅

Today was not better than yesterday, healing-wise. I'm really feeling the Tylenol wear off and get very frustrated having to wait six hours to take it again. It's not too bad, but my whole stomach just feels bruised and achy. I'm trying to be responsible and follow all the food rules, but I don't know how long it will last. I've never been known as a rule follower before...and I don't really see myself starting now. I'm going to stick with this liquid diet, but will probably add in some purees at some point this week. I feel like my liquids have been thick enough that this is not much of a change and I'm going to be ready for some more options soon. Maybe if I hadn't had those two weeks of eating nothing but protein shakes ahead of time I'd be more patient now...😑. 

I walked around the block today, read a little bit, hung out with the kids... Oh, man. This is boring. Life is so boring sometimes: new babies - nothing new ever happens, recovering from an injury/surgery - nothing new ever happens, quarantine - nothing new ever happened. But at the same time, I find so much beauty in these boring, copy/paste kind of days. I'm so grateful for them. I'm so grateful for our safety and our health, for the love we share with each other, for the laughter and conversations and bonding. That's what it's all really about. It doesn't look as fun on a blog post. It's not a highlight, but it's what this whole having a family thing is about: hanging out, loving each other, spending our days being together...even if they're boring days. I'm so privileged to have this kind of peace and I'm so grateful for it. 

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