Well, I probably did too much today, but it is nice to have it all finished. I went to CVS, then to the car wash, then to PetCo, then to Trader Joe’s, and finally to Albertson’s. Whew! The worst part was hauling everything in from the car since I had to limit the amount of bags so that I didn’t carry too much weight at one time. I did leave the cat litter and the 24-pack of water in the car with the hope that Patrick will stop by sometime this weekend and bring both in for me.

I was out for about 3 hours total and am pretty tired now after putting most everything away. Had hoped to spent a bit of time doing dishes/cleaning in the kitchen, but think I’ll put that off until tomorrow. Also need to do a bit of laundry but that, too, can wait.

Glad I got lots of shopping done today since I’ll have a busy week next week. Monday is the Lakers victory parade for a good chunk of the day so I’ll be in front of the TV for all of it. On Tuesday I see the surgeon for my followup appointment, and on Wednesday I’ll go back to work for the first time. I’ll only be there for about 1/2 day, so it shouldn’t be too tough on me. For the remainder of the week I’ll work from home for 1/2 days. The following week I expect to go in for a couple of days (1/2 days once again) and will work from home for the rest of the week.

I’m feeling so much better over the past few days and I think I’ll be ready for work next week. If I hadn’t felt so miserable most of the time, it would certainly have been great to have been off for 4+ weeks. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a fun time off and I’d much rather have been at work feeling healthy. I am looking forward to feeling good for the rest of the summer though. And how nice to see my stomach shrinking in size!