Valentine's Day

I'm exhausted!  Today was a crazy day at school, but fun.  We had "I love math and science day" and I was pretty much "on" the whole day but the kids were so cute and had a lot of fun, it was worth it.  And this morning I had a special delivery from my special Valentine.

 All the kids were excited and wanted to know who gave me flowers.  And he remembered that I love daisies.  Aww!
When I got home, he had another surprise for me.  The shelf he's been working on for over a month was finally hung up.  Let me tell you, this thing was a pain for him to finish.  He couldn't get the finish right and had to sand it twice!  But I love it, it's perfect to me. The front panel lifts up so you can slide the glasses in and out.  He also made the profile to match the bar cabinet below.

My sweet Valentine!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Day 20

I can't believe that tomorrow it will have been 3 weeks since surgery.  It's just crazy!
Ok, to catch everyone up, apparently I developed a rash from taking too much Hydrocodone.  I had to call the doctor again on Sunday.  He switched me to Tylenol 3 but basically after that, there isn't much else I can do about the pain.  I asked him this time about how long I would have to go through this.  He couldn't tell me.  He told me that most patients are off all pain meds by now and don't feel anything.  He said that I am at the other end of the spectrum, high sensitivity.  It's so unusual that he can't give me an estimate of how long it will last.  That didn't help.  I'm so discouraged about it.  Sometimes the pain in my chin is too much to bear.
On a lighter note, I had a weekend full of social events.  Saturday was mom's birthday, so Scott came and we went to Ashley's house to celebrate.  Ashley is such a wonderful sister, she made soup for the meal!  She didn't want me to feel left out.  So she found this yummy chicken soup with rice recipe and had the blender ready to go for my part.  Of course, everyone else had salad, bread, and cake.  I cheated and tried to nosh on some bread.  It was hard, but oh, so nice to have something with texture other than mush in my mouth.  I had to tear of teeny bits to get it in and suck on it a bit, but I managed to eat two pieces, ha ha!  Mom was so cute when she went to blow out her candle on her cake.  The cake had coconut on the outside, so mom ended up blowing half of the coconut off the top.  She had the funniest look of shock when she blew it off, so did the kids, who were on either side of her.  Ashley also thought ahead and got some of my favorite ice cream to make into a milkshake.  Scott jumped at the chance to make it, he loves helping me. 
Unfortunately, around 8, my chin started hurting so badly (like it seems to do every night around that time) that I just went home early.   Ashley was kind enough to take a picture for me to post.  She had an up close one of my teeth, but there is food stuck in my braces, so I'll spare you guys!  If you look close enough, you can see the rash on my chest.  My face is still a bit swollen.  I think I look different in that my face is shorter.  I dunno...

The next day, Scott came over around noon to fix my kitchen sink.  Turns out it was fine, just maybe some dirt got under the washer or it wasn't sitting right.  I think he got a kick out of getting to use his tools and do something manly.  He did get the hot and cold water backwards, though, when he put it back together, ha ha!  He also surprised me with flowers (for V-day) to which I promptly spilled water all over the floor trying to open them.   He had food for dinner, as well, that he left to simmer.  Jenna came and got me around 1:30 and we went to see "The Blind Side."  Her husband was watching Nascar and she wanted to get out of the house, plus we both had been wanting to see the movie for months and this was our first chance.  I did ok going out for a couple of hours.
When we got back, Scott beat me to my house and we had a nice V-day evening.  He made beef goulash and chocolate mousse.  He also had a bottle of non-alcoholic sparkling grape juice.  The goulash was really good, and it was a different taste from what I've been eating.  Blending it up, though, made it look like refried beans, ha ha!
After dinner we watched "Much Ado About Nothing" and I almost fell asleep.  It was a nice V-day, but I promised Scott that when I was better, I'd do something special for him.