The Native Iowan

Tuesday here. I am now eleven-weeks post ankle surgery.

I did my first “day of work” yesterday. I was up early. Caught up on office management stuff. Sorted out some paper/ business that has been hanging around for too long…

I have found that this healing business is tough on the brain. The early post-op opioids scrambled my brains good. I’m still cleaning up messes I created during that time… Thinking I was on-the-ball I missed paying some bills, paid some twice, needed to go through emails and sort out where I was and what I had caused to go wrong or be confused.

It was rather confusing… I went into the hospital the last week of February. In January I decided to sell residential lots I had developed.

On the property in the suburbs we have owned for over a decade. Long term I’d planned to develop the property, then build the houses on each. I have everything designed and ready to go. A long term old fart gig.

But I feel my age increasing and my desire to build decreasing.

The ankle surgery has been a game-changer for me… Never have I sat on my arse for such a long period of time. I knew going into this that it was a long term commitment. Healing takes time. Requires patience. I’m normally the kind of guy that is bizzy all the time. I dont sit a lot. I don have much fallow time. My projects and businesses and hobbies and dogs and kids… I keep my self intentional bizzy all the time.

So I planned to take the entire year off to heal. And now, eleven weeks post op, I put a decent day of work in. Office clean up as discussed. Hopped on a mower and did some much needed grass-cutting. Spent some time tidying up the kennels. Drove to town for a few things. I was up and at work 7am, came in and cleaned up, done for the day about 2pm. I know, not a full day of work. Not by a long shot.

Today I am tired.

Yesterday I woke early, ready to roll. Today I slept until half-eight.

It may take me a while to build up my vigor… a good word… Vigor refers to active physical or mental strength, energy, and force, often associated with vitality or intensity. It describes a state of being lively, thriving, or possessing high capacity for action, commonly used to denote robustness in individuals, growth in plants, or efficacy in arguments.

And the beat goes on…

Puppies are guud:

More later