Hello all. Haven’t updated in a couple days, mainly because there hasn’t been much to say. My back is healing nicely; I had intense pain over the weekend, I think due to inflammation and muscle spasms because as soon as I took Advil and flexeral the pain went away. Now I just have pain around the incision. I went for two walks yesterday, a short five minute one and a longer ten minute one with RS. The ten minute walk wore me out for sure. I have to work on getting my legs stronger as my doctor has me scheduled to tentatively go back to work in two weeks. Initially he had said six weeks so I’m not sure why he changed it to four but I don’t mind as long as I’m strong enough. I’d rather be at work. I still am technically not supposed to drive until I see him on Friday but I’ve been sneaking out. I just can’t stand to be holed up in the house. My mom would be upset with me for not following dr orders so I go when she’s at work. Imagine that, I’m nearly 32 years old and still sneaking around my mom! It’s pathetic really. But I don’t want to deal with her. I still have trouble climbing stairs. It’s going to be a long time before I can see my therapist in person because she has a big staircase leading up to her office and no elevator. But she’s been doing virtual sessions with me so I still “see” her.

RS and I are doing great. He’s been such a help through all this. He takes the trash out for me and picks up things in my room that I can’t reach because I’m not suppose to bend over and stuff like that. He’s been my rock. I’m so happy that I found him. He is so much better for me than my ex ever was.

My birthday is tomorrow and I’m super excited to go get my red velvet cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory! I only go there on my birthday because it’s so expensive and the wait is so long. On a Thursday night it shouldn’t be too bad though. I hope anyway. Other than that I don’t care about my birthday too much. My SIL and BIL are coming up on Saturday and we’re going to go to a new bar and grill for my birthday as well. Should be fun. I’m going to miss the punk rock flea market though because I can’t walk around for hours yet. I’m a little disappointed but maybe next year.

Moodwise I’m doing well! It’s officially spring and I’m so happy I can say I made it through winter with only two short, relatively mild depressive episodes. One ten days and the other only seven. That’s amazing! Still no sign of spring hypomania which is a good thing because even though it’s fun the crash is no fun at all. I’m also coming up on one year hospital free! My record since this ******** started is 2.5 years so I’m gonna try to beat that.

Hugs to all who need them!