Venerdi {Friday}

The tech that is coming to give us back our network didn’t come yesterday. Of course, he said yesterday OR today so I have hopes he will come today. But from past experience I have a strong feeeling that no one may come today. Apparently they schedule things that take longer to do than they think. Since they charge by the hour, I can understand this! {Yes, I am a nasty cynical person at times}

Yesterday I did the bare necessities around the house and then lay on the bed and read. {Ummm, yes, I napped a little, too.} I love it when I have a bag of books by authors I enjoy. At the moment, I am reading books by Lisa Scottoline.

Eighteen more days until surgery. I am having lots of anxiety dreams. This morning it was being in a school where I was really having to go to the bathroom and someone had moved the toilets! I finally woke up before I found a toilet and voided my bladder in my sleep! LOL When I was a child, I was a bed-wetter for quite a long time and I used to feel I was unfairly punished because I was always dreaming I was doing it! I never ever punished my kids for bedwetting. It is a natural normal thing in their early years and if it goes on as long as mine did, then it is something that requires professional intervention.. I worry a lot less about dreams now I have learned to think about the feeling involved. Actually, the only dreams that I remember are anxiety dreams and they are easily defuses by figuring out what I am anxious about.

I am not worrying a LOT about this hip replacement surgery because it is almost commonplace especially in women my age, but even though I know that this is almost routine surgery, it is still major surgery and thus the anxiety dreams. I will undoubtedly write a lot about my feelings in the coming days because writing is how I defuse anxiety.

List for today:

clean the floor in the dining room
clear stuff off the table. Actually, I have been pretty good about not putting my stuff on there. Fred did an excellent job of cleaning off his stuff, so today, I am going to move the little I have and then the table will be clear again.
I need to get the old modem into a box and ready to go back to Verizon. I have 30 days to do this before I am charged for it.
a short walk up and down our street.
read, read, read, read, read

QUOTATION: If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

— David Viscott

Get your own countdown at BlingyBlob.com

Just visualize what it will be like once your new hip and you get to know each other. All will be well, and you’ll be going for long walks again!

TheWoodsprite

June 1, 2007

There are few things more soul-satisfying than having a whole bag of enjoyable books! :o) !! I do hope your Verizon man comes today, and I hope it’s a wonderful day for you. hugs, Weesprite

Pat

I love reading! I would think that reading enjoyable books will help relax you more, too. I don’t consider you a nasty cynical person at all…just a realist. Verizon has done nothing to instill a sense of reliability and trust in them, so you are well within your rights thinking the way you do!

Violet

I hate anxiety dreams and I’ve had those “having to use the bathroom” dreams, too. Getting better at waking up before I find myself wetting the bed, though. It’s easy to do. My memorable dreams are when when I feel like my life is out of control. I dream about people trying to get in my house, through the doors and windows, to get to me, and no matter how fast I move to lock them, all, they just keep getting in. And you’re right in that recognizing the source of the dreams really helps to diffuse them.

There is nothing like a good read! Unfortunatly I haven’t got a book on the go at the moment. This is unusual for me! Take care

Smithereens

There’s a tv programme on here at the moment, it’s a fly on the wall look at surgeons working their daily life in a hospital. It shows what an really amazing job they do. Last week was a hip replacement op on a man who had very bad arthritis. He was absolutely delighted with the lack of pain and great mobility afterwards. I hope you have as much success with your op. Take care. 😉

oh gosh, I often dream that I am on the loo and doing it. One day I’m afraid that I really will. I’ve even dreamt the relief of at last, well you know, only to wake up and discover I was bursting. I think it is normal to be a little anxious about any type of surgery. 18 days will go fast.

Telynor

Books are quite simply, wonderful things.

wow, the surgery count down is going fast! Just think how glad you will be when it is all said and done and you and your new hip can walk as much as you want! Glad you have a stash of books! That should definately keep your mind at ease. there’s nothing like a good book! Hugs, M

Shi

I do hope you can find some distraction to help with the anxieties.

I need to do some reading. I’ve been writing too much lately though not in OD.

Vermonter57

Wish I could have one of Justin’s buddies fix you up. I’m sure your “Rent-A-Geek” will get you guys back in the pink.

I don’t punish my children for it. I rejoice when we have dry nights because it makes for less laundry. We’ve had a great week and I’ve had a lot less laundry.

I remember my dreams more often than not. Which can be good or bad!