Rant #3,231: I'm Down

In the condition that I am in, I simply cannot do much of anything, and it is beginning to get to me.

I am sitting on a recliner, with my left leg propped up and really immovable. My left leg has an uncomfortable brace on it, and since I really cannot get anywhere, I am using an old pickle jar for, let's say, emergencies.

I only have to go a step or two to the table, where I can eat and do my work on a laptop computer, and of course, I can type out this Rant right on my phone.

But since I can't get up the stairs of the house I am going to call home for at least the next two weeks, I can't even sleep in my bed, nor can I be around my family unless they come to me ... which they do frequently.

Thank goodness for the laptop computer and the phone, both of which allow me to do "something" and not sit here and do nothing.

I can do my work on the laptop, communicate with others and watch TV on my phone, and I always have the newspaper--which we still have delivered and which my wife gets for me outside in the driveway--to keep me going.

I am managing, but I am not sleeping, maybe taking catnaps but that is about it.

I miss my family being down here 24/7, and I feel terrible that I cannot help out with our move two weeks from today.

One week from today is the day I have my surgery, and yes, I am looking forward to that day, because I want to get back to normal so very badly, and this should be the first step in doing that.

But until then, I just feel like nothing more than a lump.of flesh, and I try to keep my spirits up, but it is darn hard to do so.

I am down right now, but if anyone can kick this thing, it is me.

I promise my family and myself and you that I will do just that.