Lying in Wait

My plan for today was to go to the pool or the beach; it's going to be a long time before I can do either. I had even invited my son's girlfriend and her visiting family to come over to my community pool to hang out. But when I had my pre-op meeting this morning, one of the admonitions from the nurse was to stay inside all day. I've never heard of this before. She said the purpose of that advice/demand is to make sure the patient stays hydrated. It is hot here; I think the heat index yesterday was something like 105. Today isn't as bad but still pretty hot. I had to disinvite my visitors, and now I'm sitting here pouting like a baby because I can't do much of anything except wait for morning. Oh, I do have to shower tonight and tomorrow morning with a Clorox-brand skin wash, so I guess that's something to look forward to. And I have to wash my linens and pajamas. I'm supposed to be superclean.

All of this makes me so glad we had a wonderful family meal last night for my son's girlfriend's birthday. We went out to a beautiful restaurant near the ocean and even took a refreshing -- albeit short -- beach walk afterwards. I had a chance to meet her dad and grandmother for the first time, and they're such nice people. We laughed and chatted. She loved her presents, including a crocheted shrug I made for her. (If I can, I'll attach a pic below.) We all drank martinis and ate fresh, delicious food. It was the kind of day at the beach everyone should have. It's funny, when you live close by, you don't do those things as often as you might have thought you would. Or at least I don't.

I could be writing articles, but I haven't had any feedback on what I've already done and I'm not knocking myself out with any more until I get it. If I could calm down a little -- I'm not anxious, exactly, more just antsy. The worst way to keep me from doing anything is to tell me I can't! -- I'd immerse myself in a good book or start a new crochet project. Instead, I'm going to do laundry and change my bed. Here is a picture of the crochet shrug: