Oh, happy day! 
My surgeon removed the stitches this morning & told me that I don’t have to wear that damn sling during the day anymore & instead can let my arm hang down uselessly….as opposed to having it uselessly folded up in the same position 24/7. Even better news is that I may go back to sleeping on my side. I srsly can’t wait to go to bed tonight 
. Ah, the little things that make life livable.
Of course, little things can also be immensely frustrating…. like coming home from a planning meeting on campus for a benefit I’m organizing in April that took less than an hour, and discovering “someone” had knocked our glass coffee pot on the kitchen floor. I did a decent one-armed job collecting all the shards & even vacuuming up the rest. Posting the mess on Fb had the added bonus — besides being able to vent — that a sweet member of one of my local food groups offered to lend us a French press or pour-over setup. I gratefully accepted, and he stopped over shortly thereafter & dropped off both. It was the first time we met in person. Sometimes, Facebook doesn’t completely suck 
All of this was enough excitement for a random Thursday, and an easy dinner of Sichuan leftovers (eggplant casserole, the fish dish, beans & chicken) plus TJ’s pork belly sliced & air-fried to a crisp with a chutney dip was very much appreciated.
