a little bit of fun and exciting!!!

 You know me, full of ideas and haunting Marketplace...I found a loveseat!  What?  You didn't know I "needed" one?  Well.  We have The Red Couch.  It's in front of the window at the end of the living room, where the kids' toys are.  It's the Dog Couch.  I kept it covered for a while, and it's actually not too shabby, fabric wise.  But the cushions are old and all askew, and Sunny rolls around on it and they fall off and it needs to be readjusted continuously.  It's red plaid, which I thought was sharp, 20-30 years ago when I bought it.  Now...nah.  It also takes up a lot of room.  So I started thinking...I shouldn't replace it with another couch, but a loveseat!  

This is all I have to go on, the lady said it's tan.  Is it pleather, or cloth, I don't even know.  But it's brand new, and only ten minutes away from us.  Paul was fine with going to get it after PT, and it worked with the lady for him to go, so off he went.  It'll be nice even if it's kind of ugly, in my humble opinion, to get rid of The Red Couch.  It's for Sunny, so we'll keep it covered.  See, she HAS to have a window perch to make sure Paul's coming back whenever he leaves, she has to keep watch.  If we get rid of The Red Couch and don't put something there, she will just have to get on the nice couch, which she is not allowed on.  

So he will be home with that in a bit, and I'm excited about it.

I'm sitting here in my comfy chair, with ice on my leg, sipping the coffee Miss Char made for me, and eating some cranberry nut trail mix from Aldi.  It's getting dark out already, but dinner will be stew from last night, which was delicious.

Can we talk about PT?  First, let me back up and chronicle my night...feel free to skip this part...

We watched the second Gladiator movie, then I got settled flat on my back on the couch, for my first nap of the night.  Sleep didn't come.  Where was it?  Oh, it was dancing right out of reach because of the throbbing pain right in the center of my knee!  I tried to tell myself stories, sing some songs in my head, I prayed...but the pain was insistent, and I could not fall to sleep.  I got up, swallowed both my resolve, and one tramadol.  I lay back down, which makes it sounds like I just did that, but really I scooted with the walker, sat on the edge of the couch, swiveled around, lifted my leg up and put it on the couch, got all settled in flat on my back...and I forgot to get ice!  I was not getting up again.  I fell asleep for two hours, got up, went to the bathroom, got fresh ice, and tried again...no go.  So I got up and settled into my chair, slept for one hour.  ugh.  

The knee just hurts more today.  I don't know why.  I did all of my exercises religiously yesterday, iced and elevated afterward, didn't sit for too long, did everything right.  Then PT today, and he really pushed the limits...had me do straight leg raises until my whole leg was a-fire.  I had to go into the gym and put on an ankle weight (okay, it was only one pound!), and do leg lifts.  I bent as far as I could, and reached:  85!

So Friday was 70, Monday 80, today 85!  He wants 90 on Friday.  harrumph.  I hope so, I want more flexibility too!  But jeepers.  It's a heck of a process!  

Something else fun and exciting:  we bought new tires for my car!  It REALLY needed them, to the point if you drove in the rain you could feel a loss of traction, scarily.  So they're here, and Paul's having them put on at the garage in town next week.  It'll be so nice, especially with winter arriving.  

Tomorrow I'm going to call the ortho office and see if they'll refill the Tramadol.  I'm parceling it out like a hawk, want it to last for those Torture Sessions, ha.  I don't have too many left.  

Camille made some cupcakes for her friend's birthday, aren't they beautiful?  I hope she doesn't leave any home, not sure I could resist right now!

So that's my day, fun and exciting!  I'll be sure to take a pic when we get that new loveseat put together.  Maybe one of The Red Couch too...you all have a good night now, and stay warm!