Just call me "Donkey"

Do you remember the scene in SHREK where Donkey gets sprinkled with fairy dust and raises up into the air? "I can fly!" he shouts, and the people watching from the ground add, "He can fly, he can fly!"

Well, I picked up my uber-cool glasses the other day, put them on, took a look around and shouted, "I can see!"

Okay, I didn't really shout. Except inside my head. But it was like the world had suddenly come into focus. I knew my vision had gotten worse in the past couple years, but I hadn't realized exactly how much worse. I can see clearly now. (Sounds like an old song, doesn't it? Sheesh, I'm just ripe for ripping off others.)

And the glasses are -- to add ripping off sister Leah to the mix -- too cha-cha for words. The frames are Valentino, and they are way too cool. Mom said they look really good with the current hair color (which she hates). I can't tell you the name of it because I've forgotten, but it's what Intense Red Copper should look like but never did, at least, on me. Next time up I'll be a subdued dark auburn, I think.

It's two weeks today since the hellhound run-in. You never know how much you rely on an elbow until you can't anymore. I mean, it's an elbow, for God's sake. A funny-looking bend so your hand can reach your mouth or the back of your head. There's a whole lot you can't do without a fully-functioning one, as I've found out these past fourteen days. For what it's worth, it makes me more sympathetic to the kiddo, who broke his when he was fifteen and had to have two surgeries and titanium screws and mega pain pills.

I'm faithfully following the baby doc's orders (honest to God, he looks too young to shave) and doing the streteches and all, but I still reach a point most every afternoon where all I can do is lie down and let the whole arm rest. Not that I'm averse to a nap most days. I just prefer them when the slightest movement doesn't make my arm go yow!!

Ah, well, this, too, shall pass. And in the meantime, I've got the cool new cha-cha glasses so I can see what I've been missing! Rachel10:47 AM