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being green

Every time that I go to Whole Foods or Trader Joes I feel a tinge of guilt when I show up empty handed.  No reusable bag, no being green, I'm not quite sure why I haven't bought any b/c I think those bags are a fantastic idea and I had been looking at them on websites before the stores carried their own versions.

So then I got to thinking...maybe I could knit me some.  Fast Forward to lots of surfing time on the sofa while trying to heal, my head all froggy (yes I said froggy ^__^) from those meds I took, but I found something...check it out.

being all green and stuff

Then I started adding up everything...yes, being crafty and green costs about $60/bag. 

What's that saying?  It costs money to look that good.  cha-ching!

bionic girl

yup.  I'm still here and so is my hip.

mri of my right hip

I took the month of December off from work to have yet another surgery.  woohoo.  NOT.  I had 3 things done:

1. fixed the tear in the acetabular labrum (cartilage that holds the ball in the socket)
2. reshaped the femoral head and removed a bone spur (read:  OW)
3. had the femur decreased in diameter that was causing impingement (read:  triple OW!)

So friends, this is where I've been.  The month of November leading up to this was full of stress and tasks and errands and preparation for said surgery on 5 December.

Percocet taken: more than 70

Weeks not being able to put any weight on my right leg: FOUR

Disappointment from being too out of it to knit:  TOO HUGE TO MEASURE

Seriously.  I had NO idea how difficult this surgery was going to be.  I should have known when I saw my initial Rx of percocet was 50.  FIFTY!!  I had to rely on friends to take me to doctor appts and bring me groceries and magazines.  Recovery was a beeatch and when you don't feel good, you just cannot be creative.  This was incredibly frustrating to me...here with all of the sofa time and not being able to knit.  Actually I developed bad trigger finger on BOTH hands from the crutches so I couldn't knit even if my head was clear enough.  I was a sad, mess.  I'm better now, hardly limping, still have unexpected random bouts of pain, but I'm finally feeling good enough to get out.  Here's what I was up to today.

Look what I came home with...yay!  Good ol' WeavingWorks and AcornStreet...

I love these happy flowers...

ahhh, it feels good to be back among the living again...

p.s.  is it buy 3 surgeries, get one free?  if yes, then I'm due.