Hi, Everyone!!!
Sorry it's been so long - I kept trying to get back on but life at the end of the year was incredibly hectic - much more than I'd expected (all work-related). I'm doing wonderfully well, and enjoying having two working hips - it's too cold for long walks in the park (for me - have I mentioned what a winter baby I am NOT?
); but I'm out and about with ease and great joy (even grocery shopping has become a fun adventure that I greatly enjoy with "dese hips" to work with).
@Layla, I giggled at the image of a line of hippy's hurling legs a la Rockettes
. I saw the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular a few times as a child (it would be a full day trip - the tree, the Rockettes, Central Park to watch - I refused to go out there - the ice skating); but haven't been as an adult. NYC is SO different from what it once was that much of the magic of Christmas is, for me, gone - I would rather spend it in a small town... in France or Italy, maybe.
My company had our holiday party near the end of December; as the office manager I coordinate it and, this year, arranged for the bar/lounge where we have it to cordon off an area so that we were separate from the other customers - which gave us more dedicated space, and allowed my people to stand and wander from group to group... and I was a wandering soul right along with them (I even had a couple of dancing moments with my date). So many of the employees' spouses (many of whom have known me for the 18 years that I've been with the company) were thrilled to see me with my "Me" back (especially the boss' wife - she's got a doctorate in physical therapy, and teaches body mechanics and ergonomics at a fancy university up here; and was tickled pink at how much I've improved).
Other than the party, I didn't do much for the holidays - I tend to take that last week of the year to be as quiet as possible, and disconnect from electronics/social media in order to regroup/gear up for the coming year. But I did drive up to Danbury to spend New Year's Eve with one of "the sistren" (that amazing cadre of women who took care of me during my recovery periods), and we had a great time... although I realize I must be getting old since, after we toasted in the new year, we sat down for a cutthroat game of Scrabble.
Old me would have been dancing all night... ah, well, maybe next year...
The hips are getting a lot stronger. I keep getting impatient with the June one (one of my friends calls it the "baby hip"
) because it's more achy/stiffer than the March one. My sistren have to keep reminding me that it really hasn't been all that long, especially given how bad off I'd been prior to the surgeries. Which means I have to continue workin' on patience which, I may have mentioned, is not my strong suit.
Right now, I'm working on getting some of this weight off. Despite people constantly telling me that I'm smaller (which I tell THEM is simply an illusion caused by my having regained 2" - yep, it's 2 full inches - of height
), I know that letting go of some pounds will help dese hips even more. Problem: did you know that some "women of a certain age" have an INCREDIBLY hard time losing weight when the hormones hit?
Add that to my patience predicament, and you have an EXTREMELY frustrated lady!
Antyhew, I just wanted to stop in and update folks (and, hopefully, check out a few threads before things get chaotic again); I do hope everyone is doing wonderfully well, and am wishing all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!