Update

Okay, so I've had a few friends notice that I've avoided the topic of my overall health the past couple of weeks.  Before I start complaining, I'll preface it by saying that I feel so much better than I ever dreamed I would feel 2 months out of surgery.  Keep in mind that my friend who had this surgery was still taking 2 to 3 hour naps every day at this point and a lot of people aren't even back at work full time until 3 to 4 months out.  There, disclaimer said!

I'm tired.  Daylight savings isn't helping, but I was tired even before the time change. This is getting better with time.

My head hurts.  It's a superficial pain - just under the surface of the skull.  It's odd because it even hurts in places where I didn't have the surgery.  It's not severe and it only comes when I'm very tired.

I'm more irritable than usual.  It usually takes a LOT to get me rattled - a LOT - as in, I have super human freakish abilities to not get rattled.  I sometimes get rattled now when I'm tired.  Not very often and it's not severe, but I notice that things bother me that normally would not.  Little things - like people not doing what they're supposed to do when they're supposed to do it.  Funny - a friend of mine said that maybe I'm more normal.  But again, this is getting better and like w/ the pain, it's really only present when I'm very tired, like today.

But I'm also blessed.  I'm playing with my girls again.  I spent last weekend at Holiday World running through an indoor water park with screaming kids and had a great time.  I'm working on a project that I  couldn't have done 3 months ago - it's a project I certainly wouldn't have entrusted to a fainting goat!  And I'm loving every minute of it, even when I'm tired.  God has surrounded me with beautiful people who I care about and who care about me, so they forgive me when I'm irritable, tired, and a pain.  :)  And yes, to answer your questions for the 16,000th time, I am overdoing it some. (Even though it doesn't seem like it, I do appreciate the concern and care.)  But come on, I CAN overdo it now.  The year before the surgery is a series of blurs so I'm sure that some of me is making up for lost time.  I promise to watch out for warning signs and not cause harm to myself or those around me, but let's face it, I wouldn't be the me who you care about if I gave up easily, would I?????