Christmas is Coming - SOON

I have SO much to do today! I have guilted Kym into being my little Christmas Elf today and we are going to run a bunch of errands, as well as setting up the Christmas tree (she slipped through my fingers yesterday). I actually got some Christmas shopping done last night on my own. Turns out that Meijer also has those little electric carts, and while I don't like that store, it was handy -- and practically empty. I consider myself completely off of crutches now. I looked at canes at Meijer and the only one I would have considered is one just like Dad's, and I thought that might be weird. Anyway, I am planning to go back to work in two weeks, so I really don't think I need it. I thought about getting it anyway (and letting insurance pay for it) so that if I needed it in the future I'd have it, but I don't think it's worth the trouble. So... I am starting what I think is my last two weeks of being off work. I haven't been having nearly the swelling that I had before, and it's practically pain-free when I am wearing the brace and a shoe. It's almost not too bad in just a slipper (no brace), either, though barefoot or in socks still zings me a little. Partly because I've only been walking on my own for a day and partly because it's still so stiff, I walk very slowly, with an exaggerated limp. I have to fight not to hitch up my elbows with each step to get momentum. It takes me forever to get far, which is why I got the cart at Meijer. I will have to call work next week to arrange my "physical" there (in quotes because we only have a nurse, and all she does is listen to your heart, take your blood pressure, and look at your incision). I will have a handicapped parking spot there, too, which will be ultra-nice in this cold weather because it's inside the gate, just steps from the door. I need a new lunch bag since I threw the old one away in October. I had had it forever and it was nasty and falling apart. I have a couple of little projects that I want to get done before I go back, too, like cleaning the hall closet and working in the small bedroom to try to clear more space in there -- a task not finished from the living room remodel, before I broke the ankle. Also, the computer room needs to be shoveled out, and we need to get the router working again. I have to give back this borrowed laptop so it can go to FL with my parents just after Christmas. But I can't start anything until I hit the shower, so I'd better get busy!