Heart Attack !!

Sitting in my office when all of the sudden it sounds like someone is trying to break down the front door! I peered out through the window to see a wild turkey trying to fight his reflection in the storm door. Scared me half to death.

Turns out, he may not have been fighting his reflection, but wanting to mate with it! Eeewwww. He hasn't been back, thank goodness.

Also - shout out to my dad today who is having a birthday! And learning to text! Which thing makes you feel older? ; )

Daddy Daughter Dance

Mark took Sarah to the Girl Scout Daddy Daughter Dance. It was a western themed dance so Sarah borrowed cowgirl boots and a plaid shirt from a friend. Mark borrowed a belt buckle. Guess we're still not that Texan after all! Mark also sported a new black cowboy hat that he got in OKC. One of the NAPA jobbers was appalled that Mark has lived in Texas for so long and didn't own one. So he bought Mark (and another DC guy) $300 hats! Yee haw!

Spring Break 2014

For the most part, it was dull. We didn't plan anything because I wasn't sure how I would be feeling at this point in my hip surgery recovery. Then, I ended up feeling pretty good and disappointed that we didn't go anywhere. Our SA connection could only get Spurs tickets for Sunday night (the night before school started again) so that didn't work. And Mark was feeling pretty Ho-Hum about his big birthday that Friday. We worked on Scout projects and played video games on the cold days.

On the nicest day of the week, we went to Rockledge Park on Lake Grapevine with friends.

For Mark's birthday, we went to Twelves Stones in Flower Mound with one other couple. We had a blast and ended up closing the place down. It helped that the manager was the dad of one of Sarah's friends who brought us free champagne, port with bleu cheese and walnuts, as well as a dessert for the birthday boy.

Sarah ate a green bean!

And liked it! Just had to document in case she forgets this in the future!

Hippy Chick: Post-Op Seven Weeks

Great news today! My surgeon said he couldn't hope for a better recovery and was pleased with my progress, my new x-ray and the way I was walking. I am approved for swimming, biking and the elliptical machine! I can take a bubble bath! I should aim for a 30 minute walk every day!

I explained that it was harder for me to do exercises and stretching with my "good" leg than it was for the "op" leg. In reviewing the non-bionic side of my hip x-ray, he said "well, it's shot so it's up to you when you want to replace that one. We just need to wait at least three months to reduce the chance of infection."

Wait. What?

He thinks my "good" leg (which is now my bad leg) is ready for replacement already? I was hoping to get three more years out of it, not three more months. So that was disappointing. But since we've already met our deductible for 2014, maybe it makes sense to do replace it later this year. That's a big decision I'll have to think about for a while though. I'm not in as much pain with that hip, but it's not flexible (making exercise and shoe tying more difficult) and it probably won't get better over time.

To be continued...