February is our shortest month, and you won’t get any complaints about that from me. While we’re gaining daylight more quickly now, February is a little wintery for my taste these days, even more so for my East Coast friends. Spring cannot get here fast enough.
All that said, before we welcome in March, aka the month of SPRING, it’s time to crack open the Runfessional for some February Runfessions. It’s always a great way to start a new month, wouldn’t you agree?
I continue to be on medical leave from my job as I recover from hip surgery. I runfess I am loving my carefree days and not missing my job one bit so far. Will that change? That remains to be seen.
I runfess the Winter Olympic games came at the perfect time in my recovery. I spent countless hours on the couch spectating guilt free. I runfess I may be experiencing withdrawals.
What else have I done with my recovery time? When daughter #2 was home from college over the holidays, she got a sourdough starter….well…started. She took some of it to school with her but she also left some for me. I runfess I slipped down the proverbial rabbit hole and I’ve done my share of baking. Here’s a list of what I’ve made so far:
Sourdough Bread
Sourdough Pretzel Bread
Sourdough Cheesy Pretzel Bread
Sourdough Pizza Crust
Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sourdough Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sourdough Apricot Oat Bread
Sourdough Pancakes
Sourdough Cinnamon Coffee Cake
Sourdough Chocolate Chip Loaf
I’m sure I’m forgetting something, but you get the idea.
At my 3-week post-op appointment last week, I was cleared to drive. I runfess this made me quite nervous. Would I be able to move my surgery leg quickly enough from the gas and brake pedals? Would it hurt? Could I get in and out of the car without pain? I’m happy to report that the answer was yes to all of my questions and I LOVE being to get out of the house! A simple Target run brings me so much joy after not being able to go anywhere. Ha!
Now that its been just about a full month since my surgery, the marker my surgeon used at the incision site is almost all off. On surgery day when he wrote his initials on my right hip in purple marker I thought “cool! I love purple!” But I runfess as time has gone on, what I once thought of as “fun” purple now seems eerily familiar to the markings the USDA puts on meat. Side of beef anyone?
And finally…I runfess I was today years old when I realized there’s more than one “feed” on Facebook. I’d begun to wonder why I only saw current events stuff and junk from pages I don’t follow and nothing from my actual friends. After Googling my issue, I learned there’s a specific “friends” feed that I was not looking at. When did this change?
Okay your turn! What have you to runfess? Did you know about the friends feed on Facebook? Have your cooked or baked anything good lately?
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