Today = Success

:) I'm a happy camper right now. You know when you have those moments where you are just in a good mood and you can't quite explain why? Yep...I have many reasons why I should smile but the pain has recently made me forget those blessings. Well, I'm choosing to fight back. Take that, back pain. Today I woke up and walked a little bit before lunch. In the middle of lunch, I had one of those random "holy cow this hurts really bad" moments, where I immediately stood up in pain. I decided to remedy that by walking it off if possible. That worked for a bit, but I still had quite a bit of tension in my back/hip/leg. Dad had bought me some heating/cooling packs so I tried one today. The heat did divert my attention for a bit, but didn't work long-term. I'm still really curious as to why only the right half of my body is experiencing pain right now. For the past few days now, it's started behind my right rib cage, gone down into the area where there is now hardware, into my hip joint, through my leg, and into my knee cap. Sometimes, when the pain centralizes in my lower back, it scares me that I have done something wrong and totally screwed up the rods or screws or something. I know that is probably not the case, but I worry nonetheless when the area I know was just ripped in half hurts like crazy. I almost set up an appointment for an xray down here to make sure everything is in its proper place, but decided to nix that idea. We'll see how tomorrow (technically today) goes. I worked on some applications, got two ready for Dad to mail. I felt as if I had accomplished enough in the time span it took me to do so. I still have plenty of work to do, but I'm trying to take my parents' and friends' advice to take it easier than I have been. Since Macie looked ever so comfortable napping on the couch, I decided to join her. Not on the couch, unfortunately. Back to my trusty old hospital rental bed. I actually woke up in time to smell the delicious dinner Mom was cooking. I sat down to eat a super tasty meal of meatloaf, peas, squash, and mashed potatoes. It was so yummy, in fact, that I completely forgot about my back pain. Crazy, right? :) I then commenced walking. For quite some time I made my rounds around the house, catching glimpses of shows like Cake Boss, ANTM, and Two and a Half Men. Stopping to update my 30 day facebook album and work a bit more on applications, I got a call from Lynne. It was good to talk with her since it seems like we haven't got to talk much since she left here Saturday. Won't be too long and I'll be back up in STL to see good friends like her, Mandy, Mandy, the list goes on and on. Eww I hate ending sentences with prepositions. Oh well, I'll let it slip since it's late. :p After getting off of the phone with her, I got a phone call from Mr. Golden. It was a pleasure as always to get to talk with him. You know those conversations that when they're over, you feel like you could dance a jig of some sort? I do suppose that conversation was one of them. Unfortunately, doing a jig is physically impossible for me at the moment. *sigh* I can wait a few months I suppose. Maybe I'm just overly happy today. Or perhaps very aware of the blessings in my life. Whatever it is, I'm happy that I'm happy. :) Goodnight all <3