I can breathe again

Last Thursday, I finally had a much needed sinus surgery and surgery on one eye. The problem started with my eyes in that 2 years ago, they started watering profusely and never stopped. I kept putting off seeing someone about it, until I could not longer take the constant stream of tears running down my face. So, while I was knocked out, I had sinus surgery too. Let me tell you, 38 years of allergies have not been kind to my sinuses. But after a few hours in the operating room, when I woke up, I could breathe again. It felt like a huge cloud of fog had been lifted from my head. Is this the way normal people breathe? No wonder I would get winded after working out. Of course, I am all swollen, and my eye has quite a few stitches around where they put this tube to make a passage for the tears, so I don't feel like going out in public right now, and having folks stare at me. Craig does not think it looks so bad, but I am pretty self conscious about it. But for now, I can't exercise, run, or lift anything over 5 pounds.

This presents a problem for my dear, dear, son, who is a mama's boy. He just keeps pointing to my face and saying boo-boo? I say Yes, mama has a boo-boo. So he sits on the couch with me, and snuggles up in the crook of my elbow. Vicadin is my friend.

I have started looking at carpet for our house. This is THE year that we are getting new carpet. Rocco was doing so good when we got back from Xmas, but has regressed a little, so he is now officially, either outside, or in his crate. He will not be allowed to wonder inside of the house again. I feel bad for him, but I think he is just a dumb dog. We have been doing the crate training for MONTHS now, and he still has no concept that the inside is not a bathroom. The dog is making me crazy. But my carpet is literally making me sick. I have steam cleaned it, but it is just toast. I am getting DARK carpet too. Nothing beige or off white, or anything that would remotely show any dirt.