Day 20, post-surgery: Energy high, sleep low

Last night was an anomaly, my sleep was bad, due to stress, but not related to the surgery! And I think the watch made it sound worse than it was. Regardless, yesterday was a slothful, stressful day and potato chips and pie were involved. The pie was yummy, though. Today, I went for a long walk in pleasant late spring weather and as I type this mid-afternoon, I’m around 13.3 km total, which is already more than I’ve walked any day since going under the knife. And the more I walked, the less I felt the little aches and soreness from the surgery and incisions. I begin to entertain the idea that I actually could try running in a week. We’ll see. I also successfully stopped two sneezes by plugging my nose. Sneezing probably still hurts, so I’ll keep doing this. In all, today is probably the first day that has a real whiff of normality to it. Things still aren’t normal, but it’s starting to feel tangible, possible. Yay for that. No cat today. Instead, here’s a wild hydrant I saw on my…