Things I would rather be doing...

Since I am on the road to recovery, I have led a pretty boring life. I understand that I need to heal and be back at 100% but...

I AM SO BORED!

While I sit here and do nothing, I can't help but think... a lot.

I want to start working out with heavier weights, I want to pack on some pounds (of muscle weight preferably!), I want to go shopping, I want to see my friend(s) (haha!), I want to WORK! I know... it's weird. I want to get back to a routine. I want to walk around without my hips hurting from the catheter scars that are my thighs. I want to drive.

I want to HEM THIS DRESS! But I can't remember how to use this ancient sewing machine!

I want to get back to the gym. I want to start my protein shakes. I want a cheeseburger. (uhh...)

Other Updates:

I emailed back and forth with my recruiter and some other flight medicine people (the day I actually was discharged from the hospital... did I mention I'm a very impatient person?) and I can start the however long paper trail that I have ahead of me. I am not going to hold my breath for the May class date, but I am striving for July. At least Cayman and I can have one little mini-vacation before I am off to years of training (probably just two, but we shall see).

Other than that, I am healing quite well, just some bruises and scars on my inner thighs! I am on some meds for heart inflammation and light aspirin, and I wasn't really feeling much until today. I got upset over something and all the sudden BAM! my heart started beating fast and feeling like it was about to explode out of my chest. My mom and I have come to the conclusion that, when I get upset, my heart rate increases, thus making my heart beat fast and since I just had a procedure on my heart-it's inflamed and cannot handle that! So, I am trying my hardest to not get upset about things, since it actually hurts my chest (heart) a lot!

I should be back to work in a couple of days. I am going to put off working out for another week, or maybe a few more days though, I don't want to strain it and then ruin my life all together. Just because I wanted to work out too soon after surgery!

So there is the update! Here are some pictures of my bruises (and what I did all day), but I can't show you my scars since they are close to my lady parts... (haha!)

  

(my inner elbow bruised so bad because when she was taking my blood for blood work, she didn't have the gauze/tape on good and it popped off and my blood squirted out of my arm... it was pretty sick! But I'm good with needles and blood. She said it was going to bruise pretty bad though!)