I slept in my easy chair again and I got a little better night sleep. I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that I was not as sore and I had taken a shower and removed a lot of the scab that was on my knee and then put some lotion on it to keep the scab softer. That way when I bent my knee the scab did not continually split and get thicker.
This morning I decided to have a bowl of Cheerios, Puffed Rice and Go Lean Crunch with soy milk. It was a little warmer today and I did not feel like hot cereal this morning and I had egg beaters yesterday. I still was not feeling very mobile, and Kathleen still did not feel well so we stayed home this morning, so after eating I went into the living room and read the comics and the paper.
Since it was so nice a day, I decided that I would go out and rake the front lawn, so I did. Since there were really not a lot of leaves that had fallen since yesterday, partly due to the fact that there was not a lot of wind and no rain to knock the leaves off, so it did not take very long to do the front lawn.
Wanting to enjoy the sunshine and warm weather as much as possible, I went into the back yard and raked the whole back yard as well. Again there had not been many leaves fall since yesterday, so I finished rather quickly.
Not having anymore to rake...well, I suppose that I could have gone around the neighborhood and found some leaves, but I really was not that ambitious. I decided that I would sweep off the back steps and sidewalk, so I picked up the mats and shook them out and swept them off and then swept the stoop and sidewalk.
I kind of ran out of quick things to do outside, and I really did not want to get involved in something that was going to take a couple hours to complete, so I just went inside. I am trying to train myself how to relax, something that does not come too easily to me. I guess that I have worked so long that I am always looking for something to accomplish rather than, just enjoying myself.
I mixed the left over clam chowder and the chicken and rice together for lunch; trying to clean out the refrigerator and use up things that there were not enough of for a meal for both of us. Then I put everything into the dishwasher and headed to the living room and my easy chair. Kathleen gave me the micro wave heating pad to put on my chest as I was still having a lot of pain.
Through out the day I kept applying lotion to my knee and it has so far seemed to help. My knee feels much better today and I am able to walk without much pain. I think tonight I will even give sleeping in bed a go tonight, I may need to move back downstairs, but at least I will start the night upstairs.
Tonight Kathleen thawed some ham and bean soup that she made last winter, and it really tasted good, I could have had more, but there was not enough for full seconds for both Kathleen and myself, so I just had a little. I was satisfied, but it is one of those things that tastes so good one just wants a little more.
Both my wrists feel much better today, the right one is still a pretty purple but it almost feels normal and the left one does not feel much worse than it does normally. I think that the raking and weeding has helped it by stretching the muscles and not allowing them to stiffen up. The fingers in my left hand are still a little numb, but I now have feeling in all but my little finger.
Well, if I continue to improve as much as I have today, I should be back to my pre-fall condition in the next day or two. So I guess that for now it is time to say good night most of the time.
