The Dog Days of Summer . . .
It's been so brutally hot here for the past month that I haven't felt like doing much of anything - but it finally cooled off yesterday - and here I am :-)
I have been meaning to give you an update on my shoulder. I went to the surgeon for my second post-op visit last week, and he said that I was right where I should be six weeks after surgery. That was good to hear :-) I have six more weeks of PT and then I see him again in October.
That's right - PT is nearly finished. I still go 3x a week until after Labor day, when I will drop down to 2x a week for the duration. I really don't know what I'm going to do with myself not going to PT all the time :-D Of course PT continues at home - it feels like I'm going to be doing it forever on my own.
My stomach - it took two weeks, but my stomach is finally back to normal. And, I'm taking only one diclofenac (my regular anti-inflammatory) a day - it's definitely keeping the creakiness at bay :-)
Somehow I'm no longer getting the 10 on Tuesday emails - I've written in to see if I can find out why. I am, however, getting closer to one of the goals I set earlier this summer. It was #4: Delete 12 pounds from my frame by September 1st. I weigh myself on Thursdays - so from June 9th when that first post was, I'm now down 11 (only one more to go!!). Not sure how this week will shake out on the scale - I was really hungry yesterday and ate much more than usual - but I keep on tracking and keep moving forward the best I can. If you're keeping score at home, I'm down a total of 17.2 since May 26th, when I really got serious again.
I have also continued to chip away at the Big List of WIPs. I created this list on August 12, 2015 - a little more than a year ago. It was part of my plan to finish what I had started. I noticed this unattractive trait in myself in a number of areas and I wanted to take action. A few projects just needed to be blocked, and several more needed to be frogged, but I have plowed on through with the rest of them (as well as knitting assorted pairs of socks for the Year of Stash Socks group) - and now I'm down to two things left.
I finished (FINALLY) The Big Easy Gansey on Monday, when I washed it and laid it out on the Sunroom floor to block - and dry - but it's done and I'm taking it OFF the Big List. I started this sweater in October 2014 . . . This first photo is of it done.
And this one is of it blocking on the sunroom floor. The shadow on the left side is from a plant pedestal.
I immediately picked up my Quick Sand sweater, figured out where I was with it, and proceeded to start knitting on it again. I started this sweater in July 2015 - so, only a year sitting around for this one, but still, way too long. After I finish this, I will have one thing left to finish - a pair of socks - the Rhiannon Socks - which were cast on in July 2013 (geez). These were started as kilt hose for me, and when I stopped piping, I stopped working on them. I will be finishing them however - and I'm hoping they might inspire me to pick my pipes back up. Although multiple people sent me a Facebook post today about some guy getting a fungus in his lungs from his pipes . . . my sheepskin bag has been sitting for more than a year . . . I'm kinda worried to play it again.
I continue to love my Tai Chi class - I'm learning the Yang Short Form. If you want to see it - here is my teacher doing the form. (Ignore the phone ringing at the end! :-D )
So, that's the news from The Third Coast tonight - I'm home from Tai Chi, and I've just iced my shoulder, and now it's time for me to sleep :-)
I have been meaning to give you an update on my shoulder. I went to the surgeon for my second post-op visit last week, and he said that I was right where I should be six weeks after surgery. That was good to hear :-) I have six more weeks of PT and then I see him again in October.
That's right - PT is nearly finished. I still go 3x a week until after Labor day, when I will drop down to 2x a week for the duration. I really don't know what I'm going to do with myself not going to PT all the time :-D Of course PT continues at home - it feels like I'm going to be doing it forever on my own.
My stomach - it took two weeks, but my stomach is finally back to normal. And, I'm taking only one diclofenac (my regular anti-inflammatory) a day - it's definitely keeping the creakiness at bay :-)
Somehow I'm no longer getting the 10 on Tuesday emails - I've written in to see if I can find out why. I am, however, getting closer to one of the goals I set earlier this summer. It was #4: Delete 12 pounds from my frame by September 1st. I weigh myself on Thursdays - so from June 9th when that first post was, I'm now down 11 (only one more to go!!). Not sure how this week will shake out on the scale - I was really hungry yesterday and ate much more than usual - but I keep on tracking and keep moving forward the best I can. If you're keeping score at home, I'm down a total of 17.2 since May 26th, when I really got serious again.
I have also continued to chip away at the Big List of WIPs. I created this list on August 12, 2015 - a little more than a year ago. It was part of my plan to finish what I had started. I noticed this unattractive trait in myself in a number of areas and I wanted to take action. A few projects just needed to be blocked, and several more needed to be frogged, but I have plowed on through with the rest of them (as well as knitting assorted pairs of socks for the Year of Stash Socks group) - and now I'm down to two things left.
I finished (FINALLY) The Big Easy Gansey on Monday, when I washed it and laid it out on the Sunroom floor to block - and dry - but it's done and I'm taking it OFF the Big List. I started this sweater in October 2014 . . . This first photo is of it done.
And this one is of it blocking on the sunroom floor. The shadow on the left side is from a plant pedestal.
I immediately picked up my Quick Sand sweater, figured out where I was with it, and proceeded to start knitting on it again. I started this sweater in July 2015 - so, only a year sitting around for this one, but still, way too long. After I finish this, I will have one thing left to finish - a pair of socks - the Rhiannon Socks - which were cast on in July 2013 (geez). These were started as kilt hose for me, and when I stopped piping, I stopped working on them. I will be finishing them however - and I'm hoping they might inspire me to pick my pipes back up. Although multiple people sent me a Facebook post today about some guy getting a fungus in his lungs from his pipes . . . my sheepskin bag has been sitting for more than a year . . . I'm kinda worried to play it again.
I continue to love my Tai Chi class - I'm learning the Yang Short Form. If you want to see it - here is my teacher doing the form. (Ignore the phone ringing at the end! :-D )
So, that's the news from The Third Coast tonight - I'm home from Tai Chi, and I've just iced my shoulder, and now it's time for me to sleep :-)
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