A Mindful Life

…start with crayons. The visit is going swimmingly. I’m spacey and fragile, tired and slothful. Claire is clingy but can be distracted as long as I’m within reach. Aunt LP is a lot of fun!

This is how I spent the morning. Claire had an unusually early nap at 9:45 and slept 90 minutes. Typically she makes it until noon, but I think she’s fighting a cold and/or teething and is also a little off-kilter with what’s going on with me. She crawled into my arms and fell asleep immediately. [...]

The surgery was fine. I had no issue with anesthesia. Yay me! Turned out that I had two tears in my medial meniscus. One of them had actually bent in on itself, so the cartilage was folded under. The surgeon also smoothed a little of the cartilage under my kneecap, though since it doesn’t grow [...]

I’m going “into the shop tomorrow” — my surgery is at 1:15 p.m. Here’s hoping it all goes smoothly and that I’m soon pain-free and mobile again. I’ve been in a somewhat dark and tight mental space in the past week. Concerns about surgery, the outcome, and a certain loneliness from a disconnected friendship have [...]

Sometimes what’s needed is a small change. For 18 months I lugged around the huge black diaper bag, and in the first year it served well, because I carried a lot of stuff around for Claire (and it became my purse too). I never left the house with Claire without also bring the black bag. [...]

…she is cute.

I have a full life and a full lap! I was trying to knit, but somehow it’s a little difficult to do that when you’re wearing fur and little people. Lots more photos and videos up on Flickr for family and friends to see.

The scarf for my sister. I’ll get it in the mail as soon as possible!

My surgery is set for Friday, March 13. No, I’m not superstitious. That is also my wedding anniversary! My SIL is coming the next day, so she will help and Husband will also be home. My MIL is on stand-by, so to speak. We won’t know until after the surgery if it will be a [...]

Last night I enjoyed my annual extravagant outing with several friends. We went to SF for a delicious dinner at Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine and then saw a vibrant musical, Wicked. I had a fine, fine time! Alas, while there is much happening, I’ve got zero energy and time to write, but I’ll try later [...]