Tuesday, July 01, 2014

final days of usefulness



7:30 am
                Bunny Rabbit Bunny Rabbit Bunny Rabbit for the first day of the month.
                And the last day that I have full use of my 2 arms. Tomorrow at 1 I will have the shoulder surgery and there goes most everything for a good long while.
                And so these past few days have been a desperate rush to get “everything” done. Sunday we did bunny cages. I managed to get the 2 cages with huts finished so the both have new wire floors and new metal roofs. K put together a big frame for the long grow-out cage and put a metal roof on that. I should still put a new roof on the other hutch, so if I can do that today, good. And yesterday I biked to the barn and pick up my share and pick 2 quarts of strawberries (gleaning). And then got home to cut up the strawberries and freeze them, and wash and put away the vegetables and grill rabbit for supper
. And then after supper I even made some garlic scape pesto, but actually it did not turn out very good.
                Today I have to go to Bay State to meet with the surgeon, and then I had better do all the final stuff. I need to: clean out the fridge as best I can, bake the bread I started yesterday, sort clothes and box up all the winter stuff. Tomorrow will be basically shot. G will drive me down at 11, then the surgery is 1:15 and after that K will bring me home. No food all day, and I assume I will feel like shit after. Then Thursday G agreed to come over for the morning as the papers say I need someone with me for the first 24 hours. K will get home around 6:30. He is on for supper, which means it will be late. Then L will arrive around 11! So along with everything else, her room needs to be tidied somewhat – well anyway K’s clothes moved. Oh and I had better do a huge laundry.
                I am kind of just marching into this. If I think about it I get really nervous, so better not to think about it. Be in denial. Well, prepare as best I can. Only here’s some other bad news – my cholesterol is up, Dr’s office called. So that sucks. One way to help is to increase exercise. Right. Well that will be hard for a while. As soon as I can I am going to need to start doing a lot of walking. And give up the sweet treats; that will be a hard one for me. Maybe I will start by tossing the bag of potato chips I bought to bring to Prairie Home. Well, I bought 2 bags, brought one, and here is the other. Not needed.
                I really hope whatever they give me for pain does not make me horribly nauseous. L will be here Fri, then we will drive up to the farm. Oh, and I need to make the rub for the pork roast and start the rabbit brining. I just hope I am not really miserable the whole time at the farm. Oh brother I am starting to get very anxious and my stomach is already hurting! Helpful! Oh and I just got an email from someone who wants a letter of recommendation. Oh brother.
                Ok. I will do my stretches. I already had my psyllium. I will feed buns, mix up a whole bunch of pellets. Oh, I need to call our neighbor to see if she will be here over the weekend. Should have done it earlier. Then I will start a laundry. Or I will do that first. Empty the dw, then clean out the fridge. Better get going.
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