Gimpy on the mend

In the middle of March in the peak of my lupus flair up and finals, I ran a 5k in complete exhaustion which sent me over. I haven't run since then although I've made many attempts. Yesterday, I went in for knee surgery and I'm stuck on the couch with nothing to do but watch tv (depressing) or write. I have missed blogging so this seemed like the perfect opportunity. The surgery was not horribly invasive. The Dr. performed a scope, cleaned out debris and inflammation and did a "fat pad" resection as well as removed the synovia plica due to thickening and inflammation. He did say I have a beautiful, healthy ACL and meniscus :). Haley dropped me off for surgery, Klaire picked me up and then Haley brought me dinner, totally pampered me and spent the night. She even rubbed my feet! I'm so grateful for my friends. Below is a picture of me, totally bored, waiting to get hawled into surgery. Shad made me take it. I'm such a dork.

I plan to recover quickly and be up and running in a few weeks. The doctor told me that's a realistic expectation if I take it easy in the next week. LOL. I have school and 2 kids and am taking a trip to California on Thursday. But I am glued to the couch all weekend and the boys are taking great care of me as well as ravaging the tulip beds to make sure I have fresh picked flowers, dying on the coffee table next to me as I lay and recover. Sweet little men. I guess those tulips wouldn't have lasted much longer anyway. LOL.

California slumber party

I was informed that I needed to update my blog. I'm here in California and the photographs we've taken so far, are not suitable for a family audience. I left the snow in Spokane this morning and connected through Vegas today, it smelled of smoke and there were people coughing everywhere. Good thing that was a temporary stop. Shelby picked me up and Coops was waiting at home. After a lovely dance routine by Shelby and Haley, we went to the bike shop, then dinner and then Rachel rolled in. Now it's time for bed. Actually, it was time for bed hours ago but it's a slumber party.

Tomorrow we are off to the expo so the girls can get their thing done. It's weird to be here and not be racing. I figured as long as I'm here, I might as well bodymark :) so Shelby and I have to be in transition at 4am on Saturday. That's the earliest I've ever shown up for a race. Ouch. Then off to Timex camp for the remainder of my trip. Can't wait to meet the rest of the team AND my new orange Trek. I'll be sure to get some pictures.

My head hurts from laughing. More later. So far so good.