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[puddingcat]

I'm glad I don't work on Mondays. Mum's just gone into hospital, her operation's scheduled for 1.30, and I'm incapable of concentrating on even knitting.

I'm not worried so much as distracted. Mum has the constitution of a Shetland Pony*, has no problems with anesthetics and has been asking for a mastectomy for months, but I know she'll feel rotten for at least a week afterwards** and will be infuriatingly*** low on spoons**** for a couple of months.

Still, the nervous energy has meant I've cleared off the top of my chest of drawers, ready for the Big Box of Knitting Stuff. Now all I need to do (apart from clear out the rest of the house, but That's Just Being Silly) is empty out the Big Box, and fill it with Knitting Stuff.

Good luck to everyone who has exams atm.


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* Her own description; she's descended from Shetland fisherfolk (going back 3 centuries, but still), and says she's "built for comfort, not for speed" - a description with which I fully empathise.

** From personal experience of breast surgery.

*** She'll be the one infuriated by it.

**** She loves this idea.

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[pink-weasel.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Backatcha. Thank heavens for tablets.

[pink-weasel.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!

*passes the drugs*

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I'm sending positive vibes mum-wards.

"built for comfort, not for speed"
I like that a lot. :o)

What are these spoons? It seems to be some unit of fitness (in a sense) but what's the connection?

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

But You Don't Look Sick. Another comparison is that energy's like a bank account - but if you're sick, you get charged a *huge* interest rate. You *can* borrow / go overdrawn, but you'll pay for it later.

Built for comfort... It's a great phrase, isn't it?

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Ah, I remember seeing his before but it had somehow wandered into the depfths of my brain...

It is!

[fire-kitten.livejournal.com]

will be thinking positive vibes at your mum, and keeping my fingers crossed

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Thankss :)

[dragonmamma.livejournal.com]

and from me too. Lots of positive vibes and good recoveryness. Betcha she'll be excited about your run/power walk in a corset. Speshally if they show you on t.v. Something for her to look forward too.
Btw where are you going to put the stuff from the Big Box that you have just emptied out? I dont remember a large pile of space in your house for putting things in.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Thyank you :)

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

* just huggles *

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

*huggles back, with added glomping*