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Last Friday, walking with Tom, Cheryl and Russ in the evening in Wenatchee, I stepped off a curb and fell on my right hand and shoulder. I broke my right pinky finger and bruised the rest of my hand and shoulder so since then have not had much use of my right hand. That is better now but is about to get worse again, as I am having finger surgery tomorrow.
I was already in trouble before this. For weeks, Sarah and I have been trying to paint the kitchen cabinets a couple of hours at a time a couple of times a week. The kitchen is a disaster, with most of the cabinets empty and their contents in boxes in other parts of the house. While it was relatively easy to get the doors off the top cabinets, the bottom cabinet hinges have been painted over with multiple coats of paint. I’ve been using a dangerous paint remover with a wire brush and paint scraper to try to unearth the hinges so I can get the doors off. One hinge took two days.
Now I am looking for a handyman to help us with this job. My physical therapist gave me the name and phone number of someone he thinks can do it, so I will call Jose today. Hopefully, we will soon have a kitchen again.
The kitchen isn’t my only challenge. I’m scheduled to sleep at Northwest Hospital tonight with 25 wires connected to me. I’ve been going to physical therapy twice a week and have a heavy duty set of exercises I’m trying to do, some of which are difficult when you can hardly move your right arm. Oh, yeah, I’m also starting a yoga class first of October. That was supposed to relieve my high blood pressure – right!
I still have to work. Typing has been a challenge, though it is much easier with the splint off. I have a new manager starting October 5th, so may be asked to start working full-time in the office again around then. We have a number of initiatives happening at work that are very challenging.
I have made other commitments as well – going to Issaquah Salmon Days to pick up some custom jewelry I ordered, getting a permit and having our driveway built in Point Roberts, going to Wenatchee mid-October and bringing my mother back with us for a TMJ specialist appointment, the Ocean Shores Jazz Festival my birthday weekend, San Jose for Adobe’s annual sales conference in December, and, of course, the upcoming holidays.
I’m feeling overwhelmed. Guess I just have to keep putting one foot in front of the other though. What else can I do?
Well, that’s my news. How are you doing?
Love, Mom / Grandma