Day 42 - Baggy is really home alone this time!

Baggy slept pretty well and for a very long time last night. Calum didn't! He left for work at 4.45am because he couldn't sleep. He woke Baggy up again at 11.00am when he called her!!!!!! Just as well, or Clever Bird reckons she'd probably still be in bed at 1.00pm. Mind you part of that was Hormonal Hannah getting in a bit of a panic that Baggy really is going to be properly home alone today. Calum may not be back tonight and unlike when at Debby's house (where Debby left everything for breakfast and lunch already prepared), today The Domestic Goddess is going to have to be tracked down to make it for Baggy. The good news is that she should be fine! For the first time, The Goddess actually managed to use her right arm well enough to cut bread for toast this morning, so she's definitely getting some strength back in it, although the grip is pretty weak. It still hurts like heck and is very swollen, but yesterday she took no painkillers and she's hoping not to today either. Clever Bird thinks that being on Ibuprofen and Paracetomol for over six weeks so far is probably enough. But we'll see how it goes.

If it wasn't for her arm though, the truth is that Baggy would probably be dragging Grotty Groom back to work. Hormonal Hannah and Freda Fretter are putting so much guilt on Baggy's shoulders still, for being such a drain on poor Calum and our bank account, (and for the last two weeks, her sister), that chances are Grotty would now be back at work. Baggy's stomach feels almost back to normal after her Lawrence-the-durmoid-cyst surgery and hysterectomy. Clearly it isn't. It takes a minimum of six weeks for damaged muscle to heal and it's just under seven weeks since the surgery. Baggy's stomach is still rather swollen and there is still a very weird dent in the middle of the wound. But most of the time it doesn't really hurt. (Yet it's another six weeks before Grotty is allowed back on duty). Every now and again Baggy is reminded why, when she gets the very sharp pain that Lawrence used to cause, which is odd. But when she does realise that she's not anywhere near back to normal, is when she forgets herself. Yesterday for instance, she tried to lift heavy grocery shopping bags out of the back of her car. As she could only do this left-handed, this required her to engage her stomach muscles. Ouch! They wouldn't! So there is no way in a million years that Grotty Groom could resume her duties (even were she allowed to at this stage; which she's not) without causing her insides a serious amount of harm. So "thank you" Baggy's very painful, weak arm, for stopping Hannah and Freda from making Baggy make a really stupid error of judgement and sending Grotty back to work. But now, do her a favour and stop making her feel so guilty and worried about it!

Once eventually out of bed, Baggy was very tempted to stick her onesie on and hibernate. It's a grey, windy day and it seemed a good plan. But Furry Mama insisted that Baggy get dressed and take Minty Mutt out so that he maintains his inner puppy. She was glad she'd agreed to the moment we got outside. Minty Mutt started to jump up and down in a very bouncy play-bow, to get Furry Mama in the mood. It was really very cute. So Furry Mama took Minty Mutt on a walk that normally takes Baggy and Mint well over an hour. Both Baggy and Mint are feeling so much better that it took us only forty-five minutes. Now Minty is guarding Baggy and Baggy is chain-drinking tea, before she rustles The Goddess up to do a bit of tidying and make some lunch........