getting back on my feet (literally)

Random life updates : 1. More on the puppy when she’s here – expected arrival is the week after next! So much to get ready, but also so much excitement and anticipation. 2. Lil Momma survived her first few days of 7 th grade but is having trouble with the noise levels of having THIRTY SEVEN other kids in the classrooms. There is a whole other post I could write about public schools and overrides and how we’re failing our kids and our teachers and staff, but that is not for today. Foot/Ankle/Morale Update I am almost 5 months out from having this foot/ankle surgery. If you had asked me before the surgery, I would have thought I’d be 80% back to my life: Walking in the woods, if not hiking. Strength workouts. Slow jogs on the treadmill. Intervals on the bike. Dragging my family on weekend adventures. That is not how it has gone down. I severely underestimated what recovery would look like. My expectations were so far out of reality...