6 weeks to a new you !!!

Have you ever seen those crazy late night infomercials that claim you can change your life completely in just 6 short weeks by using whatever crazy product they are promoting that night, be it a weight loss pill, or a new crazy fad exercise program ? Yeah me too, they never work. 

Well, I have been given 6 weeks to sit at home and do NOTHING. Not one single thing. I've never realized just how much I did in a day till I was told I couldn't do any of it anymore. I can't cook, clean, carpool the kids, do the laundry ( I'm not complaining about this one.) I can't go to the gym or walk around the mall to go shopping (not that I have done this since I was 18, but the option would be nice) Basically I can't do anthing but sit on the couch and get fat. well, fatter.

I went to the Dr. today for a post op follow up. While they said I was healing nicely, they were very adamant about not doing ANYTHING. No bending, NO lifting, NO twisting, NO sitting for too long, NO laying for too long; Basically, NOTHING for 6 whole weeks. Last time I had restrictions like this I got a baby at the end of it. It didn't take me this long to recover after my C-sections, but man, I'm not doing as well with this as I did with those. Everything hurts, sleeping hurts, walking hurts, sitting hurts ( mostly my butt) 

I had a mini breakdown today after visiting work and finding out, even though the Dr. released me back to work on a light duty restriction, they don't allow light duty restrictions and I can't work till the first or second week in JUNE. yeah, the whole month of MAY is off work. I cried in my boss's office when he stepped out for a minute, (don't tell anyone) I panicked, what is going to happen to us financially? I'm about to be getting medical bills I can't pay, and that's going to be added to the everyday living expenses. I was about to start a second job to help cover our bills. That's going to have to wait now. With me having no income coming in, hubby is going to have to work more hours and he's already limited on how many he can get because we work for a stupid union. (Don't get me started on this one.) The only good thing so far is that I may qualify for a short term disability through the union. Hopefully the disability checks start coming in soon and I can breathe a little easier. 

This all could not have happened at a worse time, we were trying to save as much as we could to move to a different apartment in June. Every time we get a glimmer of the light at the end of the deep, dark tunnel, a boulder breaks off the roof and crashes down blocking the way. I seriously need to buy a jack hammer !!! hey, do you think they have a 6 week program on how to operate a jack hammer ? I got the time now..........