Happy Spring!

Well, well, well.  Yesterday, and yesterday alone, FELT LIKE SPRING!  I know I have mentioned my seasonal depression before, but nice, warm, spring weather makes me a HAPPY girl.  However, today is freezing...I'm back to being just a happy girl.  ;)

I hope everyone had a nice Easter!  I hit a milestone on Easter.  My cousin Allie came over and she DID MY HAIR!!! It was the first time it has been done since the surgery.  Again, many of you don't know me well, but I LOVE hair.  I am a teacher who will always wish I was a hairdresser.  When I was younger I used to say, "When I grow up, I will be a hair stylist for famous people!"  I still kind of wish that was true.  That being said, I hate that I can't do my hair each day.  I have become very creative with stylish hair do's, but I miss my normal wavy hair or straight hair.  I could probably dry my hair just fine, however I still have so much numbness around my incision that I would probably burn it with the curling iron.  It scares me.  So, I recruit family members and friends that also enjoy doing hair.  Thanks Pal!

On top of looking good on Easter (makeup, hair, dress, and all...), we had a delicious meal with my wonderful family.  As we get older, it saddens me how our traditions have changed.  I have many, MANY cousins.  This year for Easter, some of our cousins were with their spouse's family, couldn't make the trip up, or just were not in a place that they could join us.  I missed all of them deeply.  I was very thankful for the family that was there to join and for the nice, quiet, blessed holiday we were able to have.  I was also very thankful that I was feeling well enough to go to my aunt's and enjoy that time. 

I went shopping with a friend yesterday.  It was my first journey out of the house without my mom.  It was quick, but it was a lot of fun to feel "normal" and get out to do something I like to do. 

I have been able to take a walk each day.  Yesterday, being that it was so nice out, I took my longest walk yet.  I keep telling my mom that my legs feel like jelly this week.  I think after spending so much time on the couch in the last month, getting up and moving as much as I have over the last five days has made my body feel like it ran a marathon.  As bikini season quickly approaches, I have motivation to continue these walks. 

As I am writing this blog post, I am really boring myself.  I apologize.  I actually came on here this morning thinking I was going to "vent" about my sister and how much addiction scares me, about the move, or about my fear of driving again.  But, I also wanted to give a quick update... and now I don't know if I am ready to vent because I feel like my mind is all over the place this morning. 

I was going to just delete it and come back later, but I know my mom would ask what the heck I have been doing on the computer all morning.  So instead, I will leave this boring post up, and I will come back later when my brain feels less cluttered.  SORRY!