Day After Cortisone

I was able to sleep on my left side comfortably last night for the first time in over a year so that cortisone shot must have really done its job. I did get up earlier than I had planned as I started coughing and did not want to keep Kathleen up.

So after eating breakfast and reading the paper I loaded up the dishwasher and started it up. I was such a nice day that I decided to go for a walk and was able to walk the three quarter mile around the block with out my hip really hurting me. Toward the end I felt like it was going to start hurting any moment but it never did so that was a relief for me.

When I got back the mail had come so I got it but there was not much of anything there; as I was putting the junk mail into the box that I put the recycling in I though that it would be a good opportunity to see if I could clean up the laundry room.

I got rid of a lot of the bags of plastic bags and bags of rags and was able to move some of the other thing to under the clothes hooks. I also got rid of the box that our lap top came in and also the box that our battery back up for Kathleen's computer.

So now everything is cleared away for the new back door and we can even get into the cabinets next to the washer and dryer. My goal for the next few weeks is to try and go through one room at a time and sort and throw out so that we can reclaim our house back again.

I noticed that the used towels were starting to pile up so I loaded up the washer and did a load of towels. I finally made myself some lunch around 1530; I reheated up some split pea soup from the other night and had the other half of the burger from Burgerville from yesterdays lunch.

After eating I emptied the dishwasher and then put my lunch dishes into the dishwasher. The towels were finished in the washer so I loaded them into the dryer and turned it on.

After I while I heard the dryer go off so I took the towels out, folded and put them away. Then I decided that I would sit and rest for a while and watch the local news. It got to be around 1830 and I asked Kathleen if she was going to do anything for dinner or if she wanted me to do something, she said that she would like for me to do something.

Upon opening the refrigerator I discovered some left-over meatloaf, some left-over rice so I fixed the rice with some cheese on top for Kathleen and and heated up some meatloaf and split pea soup for myself.

I kind of feel like I have had more energy today and I can only think that since my hip was not hurting and sapping my energy that allowed me to get more done. Well, I am tired so I think that I will call it a night.