Decaf

I've been home from the hospital for about a week, eight days to be truthful. Over the last couple of weeks I have been poked, prodded, subjected to vampires in the guise of nurses. I've been weighed, examined and been the recipient of various indignities that would scare the fainthearted from ever entering a doctor's office.

I am relatively independent, but I can't work or drive until the surgeon says it is OK. I spent a half hour on the phone this a.m. with a wrong number--true story.  She gave her dog to a nice couple and then found out they lied and the property owner's name is the same as my husband so she called here for more info because she wants her dog back and oh, it's a long story. I am bored.

Worst of all, I am allowed to do laundry as long as I don't carry the basket. Wait. Back up. That's not the worst.

I am decaffeinated. 

The hub of my existence, my wake-up call, is now decaf. The Monsters and Dews  that kept me going are now 7-Up and Hawaiian Punch. Caffeine, that drug of the gods that felt like Jack Daniels being thrust into my veins....gone, at least for now.

I am truly sober. The rush isn't there. The hyperactivity has surrendered to milquetoast. Where have I gone? I've gone to low fat, low sugar, low sodium, non-alcoholic and caffeine free. No fun. Not forever, but for right now.

I hear your laughter, my friend.

I'm wondering if my creativity will come back without the Folger's. Will I be able to be civil in the morning without the Coffee Mate? Will my love of music and dance and other...things...wane because I'm decaffeinated? Ah, it is too soon to tell.

It might be a good thing.. I'm getting a mini stay-cation. I'm not allowed to do much, but I am getting a chance to go through old papers, my jewelry and wardrobe and weed it out. The car needs cleaned out as do the cupboards. It might be God's way of helping me to clean up my act.

My energy is pretty good, seeing as I am only ten days from major surgery. I'm losing weight, my incision is healing nicely. Life is good. I shouldn't gripe about the diet, or the lack of caffeine, but I will anyway.