Monday 22 February 2010

Good morning

The first question most people - if not everyone - asks me in the morning is "how did you sleep?" Such a difficult question to answer and so easy to be facetious "on my back" for example. (Oh how I LONG to snuggle up on my side!)

Someone asked me a variation on the question yesterday - in the context of setting alarm clocks it was along the lines of "what time do you get up?" To which the answer of course is "I don't..."

So the days and nights muddle along, but I am learning a few things. No point trying to stay awake now in the hope I will sleep better tonight. It just. doesn't. work!

When someone comes in and sees me with my eyes shut they assume the obvious and will often say later "you were in a lovely sleep" but that assumption is not necessarily accurate. There does seem to be this twilight zone where it looks like I am sleeping. If I were to tell you that I thought we were already half way through the world cup would you think I had dreamt all of that? It feels more like some kind of crazy hallucination... (and Paul if I get the scores I will pass them on to you)

I lay here last night with Sarah and Jemma struggling to watch the first ever Sex and the City. My eyes would barely stay open and every now and then I just rambled on in a nonsensical fashion. Sarah tells me that in the hospital I asked her if she was dead. Ooooops. Though she does of course look and act like an Angel.

Speaking of Sarah - she checked my scar last night. Time for another pic but don't worry I will scroll down to give those of you that don't want to see it an opportunity to look away. It will just be of my back but the absolute thrill last night was to see the change in shape of my upper body (the scars will fade given time!) It almost looks like I've had a wee spot of lypo-suction, the extent to which I suddenly have a waistline!

So I will say goodbye for now - Happy Monday everyone. Please message me - entering Week4 I am missing you all. And if you want to be astonished scroll down now. But no obligation if you'd rather wait and see me in a Galaxy dress (apparently still in season...!)

Much love for now. Linda xxxx

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4 comments:

  1. Great to catch up Linda and the pictures look great. Obviously if you continue to dream about the world cup, here's hoping they're happy dreams (e.g. England winning) and not nightmare (penalty shoot-outs). Hx

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  2. Nice and straight! I admire your bravery in going forward with the surgery. My back is still curvy and if I sleep without a pillow under my concave side, it hurts!
    Hope your dreams are sweet...

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  3. I'm going to try hard to respond to comments each day from now on!
    Helen - I will try to ensure Happy and Prophetic dreams re the World Cup - Sarah asked me for the winning lottery numbers last week - be nice to make a profit from all of this somewhere along the line!
    Mark - yep, ouch is one way of describing it! Sarah and I considered the invention of a new word which might somehow express the pain/feeling without offending those of a tender disposition...
    Off Kilter - very nice to meet you and look forward to chatting more - I'm still obliged to sleep lying on my back but remember so well the days of cuddling a pillow!
    Night might x

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