Christmas Eve Present

It's the simple things that make all the difference when you're stuck inside on a hot summers day, climbing the walls. Today I got my wish and went for a ride in the car to Brown's bay! I had forgotten how much bedlam it would be as it is the last shopping day, but I wasn't worried. The abundance of disabled parks frustrated me, as we couldn't find any normal carparks and I'm not really up to walking far combined with a car trip. We had just finished a circut looking for a carpark when we found one, and I hopped out elated that I was able to have my first real outing.

We went and bought icecreams, and took them to the beach. It was really sunny and windy, and we sat on a picnic table and looked out to sea. I was so happy, and best of all I wasn't too sore to enjoy it. On the way back to the car we bought some bread for lunch, and then headed home. Once I got home I was really quite sore, I think just from being up such a long time using muscles that have been chopped through etc. Bryan was really worried when he saw that I was in pain when we got home, so I'm hoping he wasn't serious when he said he shouldn't have let me convince him to take me out. It really wasn't that bad, and it is a step in the right direction.

The girls that I talk to in America that have just had this surgery have had to face 4 hour car-rides home from the hospital in ice and snow. If they can do that, 30min or so up for an icecream is nothing!