So Far So Good

Work has been going pretty well and so has swimming! I actually still pretty much suck at swimming, but I'm trying to give it a fair chance.

It's brutal getting into the cold water now that the weather is starting to change-- those first seconds when you get into the water-- UGH! It's so funny because your body just doesn't want to do it...it resists with a mighty force, but you go against your bodies better judgement and you force yourself to jump in. It's crazy.

Last night it was funny because there was a swimming club practicing in the center lanes. Rob and I were in the last lane on the left side of the pool and it was like swimming through rapids. The wake that the swim club created was insane and I was fighting it the whole time. I got tossed into the side wall on more than one occasion.

Woo hoo! Fun!!

But hey, it was a good work out and I slept like a baby last night.

Swimmin'

Woo Hoooo! We did our first day of swimming today! It felt really great and I am nice and tired right now. I really enjoyed being back in the water after about...20+ years!! I'm proud of myself for even attempting to get back into the water after so many years!!

After the swim we came home and had some Pasta Fazool, which I made earlier today. It was the perfect meal after a swim on a cold, damp day.

I hope that by this time next year I'm back to being a good swimmer again- like I was as a kid.

One of the Videos...

I finally got a link to a youtube vid about the da vinci robot. It really is worth the watch- it's such fascinating technology.

The lady that narrates this video sounds very "Brave New World-y"...like one of those sci fi voices that are almost too relaxed and monotone...kinda creepy.

The part that amazes me the most is how the doctor manipulates the articulated arms- it's pretty crazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNg1S-pupGs

While you're checking it out there are a couple of videos that have been posted of the actual hysterectomy surgery...if you're not squeamish, check one of them out!

Back to Work

So- work is back in full swing and I'm finding that overall I feel great-- if I had to be nit-picky I would say: it's tough getting up early again...and by the end of the day I am tired!

Overall, I feel just fantastic, but I'm noticing that the constant up and down from sitting to standing (and sitting on the pee wee sized kids chairs!!) is taxing my abs more than they've been taxed all summer! Amazing how hard our abs work every day and we don't notice until they're not functioning at their peak.

I'm guessing that it'll be a little while before my endurance is prime again, but rest assured I still qualify myself as feeling great!

In fact, this blog is getting tougher to write because I feel so good-- it's testimony to how quickly healing happens I guess ;-) Not that this blog can't be about how great I feel...but it gets sort of funny just writing "I feel great!" every blog!! HA!

I am looking forward to starting to exercise again and I will be sure to comment on that when it happens.

And....Feminine Protection....

So, I just placed an order on my favorite mail-order drugstore site (drugstore dot com!) and decided to blog about my experience for one specific reason:

On this particular site my shopping list of frequently purchased items is saved as a part of my account information. I often go through the list and just check off the items I need...toothpaste...soap....etc....

Today as I went through the list I was reminded, once again, of how drastically my life has changed over the past month. One of the predominant items on the list were pads.

Always "Overnight" Protection, Always Maximum Protection, Always Super Protection, Seventh Generation Ultra Thin Overnight, Seventh Generation Extra Protection... I had truly become a connoisseur of feminine protection!

All jokes aside- it did get to be torture finding pads that would actually "protect" me. In fact- nothing worked in the end. "Maximum Protection" may well have been a single ply tissue.

It was mildly thrilling to delete each pad from my "shopping list". Ahhhhhhh....

I know I promised the daVinci video links...I'm still workin' on it. ;-)