Support Hose

Nothing makes a girl feel sexy like support hose.

I started working at the office again this week!  Yep, trying to get back into the regular flow of my life.  My first step was to get wheels so that I could be a little bit mobile.

Plan A was for me to swap cars with my friends.  They have a BMW SUV that is not too low (so I don't have to roll in and out of the car) and not too high (so I don't need a ladder) and has an automatic transmission.  My FJ Cruiser is a stick and my clutch leg is on the fritz.

Sunday morning I went out to the car to collect the garbage and make it relatively presentable.  I pressed the unlock button on the remote and ... nothing.  I unlocked the door with the key and no interior light came on.  I put the key in the ignition and turned the key ... silence.  CRAP.  So I called for roadside assistance and Speedy Towing sent a fella with very bad teeth (that looked like flax seeds in yogurt) and jumper cables.  He tried to start the car and still nothing, so I had to have it towed to the service station.

So I had to turn to Plan B, which was to rent a car for the week.  I am now the relatively proud driver of a RAV4.  I feel like I'm 37 again!

Work has not been terribly bad.  It's not as easy as I thought it would be.  I greatly underestimated the value of my recliner, for example.  My leg didn't much care for sitting in a chair all day.  It starts to feel like a stuffed sausage after a while.  I even went back to wearing those compression socks I got at the hospital so my calves wouldn't get so inflated.

I also get really tired so that when I get home I can barely keep my eyes open.  Finally, I seem to get more sore as each day goes -- today (Wednesday) I finally took the afternoon to go home, elevate the unhappy leg and get some rest.

Happily, I'm on very few pain meds anymore.  Well, I have to be off in order to drive.  I only take two when I get home now and that seems to be enough.  Look for my Craigslist ad for a sale on pain meds!