7/23/23

Ha!  The date is 23/23 today.  Looks cool.  We are leaving tomorrow morning for Alaska and won't be home until August 15th.  It takes us 15 hours to get to Anchorage.  Gads.  We have a huge layover in Dallas, but it still beats driving 120 miles each way.  We fly all night coming home and would not want to make the drive after that.  I'm almost all packed and ready.  I'm SO ready to get out of this heat!

My incisions are healing up nicely and I don't need pain meds much any more.  I did have one boo-boo yesterday, tho.  I bent over too far and felt a pop in my back.  I think I popped a stitch.  It was quite painful, but I saw no blood.  Could have been an inside stitch, for all I know.  I'll be more careful now, that's for sure.  I tried on all my jeans to try and find a couple pair that I can tolerate, but I had no luck at all.  My incisions are on my waistline and until I heal up more, I can't possibly wear them.  Not quite sure if I'm going to have to wear leggings or yoga pants on the plane and the next week or so.  I'm gonna make a new fashion statement, I guess.  I haven't worn long pants in months, but I can't wear my stretchy shorts where I'm going.  I still have a 10 lb. weight limit, so David is going to have to lift all our luggage.  I can pull it once it's on the floor, tho.  He hurt his back the other day doing all the yard work (for us and the neighbors), so he's pretty gimpy now, too.  Oh, well.  Between the two of us, we don't even have one good back.

We need a vacation!


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