A whole day at work...

[fajrdrako]

It was a long day, a busy day, a stressful day - my first day back at work. Starting with my inability to log into my own computer. A little freaked by all the work waiting for me. But... that's okay. I can cope. I did cope. And it was nice to see Jennifer and golden_hinde again.

The Foot held out admirably. I remembered to exercise it every hour or so, and it behaved rather well.

I even had enough energy to go to Costco afterwards, for ice cream. Love their ice cream.

Comments

[duncanmac.livejournal.com]

Many congrats! Good luck in settling in ... as well as some more ((hugs)).

Today, I found out what my schedule will be (effective sometime in August). I will be working long hours four days a week, including Saturday, but I do have Sunday off. Whether that means I can catch up to people is still up in the air ... more later on that.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on having Sundays! That's good news.

[medelle.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

Are you still having to wear the boot or is that finally gone as well?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

The Boot is gone. Well, it's parked in my closet, waiting in case I need it - though I'm beginning to believe I won't need it again. I'm going around in regular running shoes. It feels great!

[msilverstar]

Congratulations! I hope your co-workers are taking care of you too.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I hope your co-workers are taking care of you too.

They were good. Two of them have broken their ankles by falling on ice veyr like I did - in fact, it's Gord's crutches I've been using all this time. And Jenn, fifteen years after her fall, can still tell the weather by her ankle with uncanny accuracy. When I fell, lying there on the icy sidewalk, she was the first person I thought of.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! You did it!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes. I'm pleased- it's like returning to real life.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Oh wow That must have been really weird. Glad you seem to have survived it okay. Ice cream is always good.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Ice cream solves a lot of problems. Really.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Amazing what solace ice cream can be after a hard day.

[toraks.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I'm glad the Foot held out well!!

Yay for ice cream!!

Hope that today goes better! And normality resumes asap! :-D

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Normality is at least on the horizon.

Ice cream solaces many ills. And tastes good too. And the Costco ice cream is my favourite: really creamy, not too sweet.

[flautopiccolo.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I've found that, after a long break, the first day back is the hardest.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

There was all that confusion of remembering (or failing to remember) passwords and combinations, and to figure out what happened when I was away so I could make intelligent replies when the public phones to ask simple questions like 'what are the office hours'.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Well done! (Although the budgies will miss you!)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I miss the budgies, too!

But I need an income again.

[abrakadabrah.livejournal.com]

Costco has ice cream? Who knew!

I like really creamy and not too sweet, too. I got a cuisinart ice cream maker recently and have been making my own. Strawberry and raspberry from fresh fruit. No sugar, just a little bit of honey. I was thinking I might try plum next. Or not. Or maybe fruit medley. Or banana peanut butter. We'll see what I'm in the mood for next.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Costco has ice cream? Who knew!

In Ottawa, it has the best soft ice cream in town, and incredibly good hot dogs, both of which cost less than anywhere else. They also have pizza and poutine and other such foods, but I don't know what they're like - I'm always too busy eating the hot dogs. Followed by ice cream. Not health food, no.

I got a cuisinart ice cream maker recently and have been making my own.

How wonderful! I find more and more that commercial ice cream is too sweet, and sometimes tastes of chemicals - not bad, but not the smooth taste I want.

Good luck with your ice cream flavour experiments.

Damn: I was just about to do yoga, and now I'm hungry. Well. Snack after yoga!

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Absolutely utterly congratulations. Remember how far away this day seemed about 14 weeks ago...?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It's a relief. I've a way to go but the important thing is to have the mobility.

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

And I do remember you saying, more than once, about how wonderful it would be to once again be able to do something like -- well, like anything! without first having to plan out each movement you'd have to make, and keep in mind that you would be severely limited in how much you could transport back to your chosen sitting place afterwards. Yep, I remember it well.

Mobility can never be overrated.

Have you accomplished the elusive and highly technical making a cup of hot tea and carrying it back into the living room task yet?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes, I can make tea now, and carry a cup. Yesterday I made a pot of tea for commodorified and carried it into the living room with a pitcher of milk. I am mighty!

[filkferengi]

Woot for work working out! Speaking of working out, yay for yoga! Also, squee for ice cream! What flavo[u]rs?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Costco only has two choices of flavour, vanilla and chocolate. I invariably choose vanilla. Perfect!