ahhhhhh

We made it through Hometown Days. My feet are swollen and aching from being on them for the entire weekend... my lupus is flaring... but, at least for me, calm is on the horizon. Our biggest event of the year is over.

For the next few weeks I am going to concentrate on getting better... having a long awaited knee-replacement surgery, and healing body and spirit. Remembering who I was before I hurt all the time, I hope. Learning to walk correctly again- without throwing everything else off-kilter. Ditching the limp. Dutifully going to therapy, and using crutches for as long as my doctor tells me to without cheating. Everyone says, "Oh how sad... 39 is so young for a knee replacement!" But for me, it's time. It represents a new outlook, a new start. Being active again and not dragging behind. Not dreading things. I can't wait.