Returning to Work

                                                                             

           I am so tired of being off work for so long.  I mean don't get me wrong it had it's good times and some bad times.  I  guess I'm just glad to be going back into the workforce.  Just to be able to intermingle with more people on a one to one basis.  I really miss being around my friends from work.  I could deal without the conflicts with the drivers but all in all it will be a nice  change from being cooped up here at home these past few months.

         This past few months have been a lot of ups and downs dealing with all the paperwork in regards to my disability issues, getting my new drivers license renewed.  Having to call all these different agency to get answers to my questions and never being able to get through to actually speak to someone. I only hope to not have any more issues like this once I get back to work. 

         The only problem I think I am going to really have trouble dealing with is my sleeping patterns cause of getting to bed later and sleeping longer every day.  It is going to be a little tough getting my self adjusted to my work schedule sleeping patterns, but I'm sure I will make the adjustment because I need to get back to work. 

        My therapy has been going so well and I am almost all the way back to full range of motion. There are some limitations on the injured side but my therapist feels that might have to deal more with the plate and screws in my arm.  I mainly just want to be able to shave my head or even just trim my head with the trimmer.  So as long as I able to that I think I would be fine.   

         Well one thing for sure it is going to be different after being off work so long, considering the longest I was ever off before was 5 weeks and right now it this has been a 5 month period.  I only hope that the transition is going to be easy, I mean it's like riding a bike I guess as long has there hasn't been too many changes.  Obviously I will be able to handle the typing portions of the job pretty easily as I have been typing a few letters and blogs during this time period. 

         I know there is a part of me that is a little worried about being out there in the workforce.  There is still the threat of this stupid virus going on and I guess that makes it a little scary, but then again some of this might be little bit of overkill.  But whatever it might be it is still a constant that I will now have to deal with in the workplace as well as when getting together with my daughter. 

          All I know is that when I do go back to work it will definitely be something new to deal with.  I guess I will cross that bridge when I get there, but until then I will be just relaxing on my last week off before I return to work.  So here is to my last week off and hopefully everything goes well this week and my first week back at work. 

             

           

Disability in a Virus Pandemic.

         Everyone likes to take time off from work just to be able rest and recharge the battery that keeps us going.  Spending time with family or friends enjoying each others company is always a good thing.  Cause you get to forget about all the stress from work and just daily issues like dealing with traffic.  Just to do it all over again the next day, all week long. 


        We all are like robots in this pattern of life until we find an escape from reality.  Whether we plan a day off or vacation of some sort, cause we are tire of being in a rut of some sort.  We even toy with the idea of going out on disability just to take the time off, but thinking about it and having it actually happen are two very different things.  Basically cause it isn't any fun being hurt or ill no matter how much you need time off. 

            Being off on disability is bad enough but add to that a virus threat of major proportions.  Having to take time off from work cause you got injured or were sick enough that your not able to go to work.  Even that isn't so bad cause you still are able to get around if only just for a little while, but what we are now going through is far worse.  And not knowing when it will come to and end or will it be the end of  you. 

         I'm not even sure how I actually feel about this cause on the one side I am home safe away from the daily threat, but then again I am also trapped or at least limited to what I can do while being off.  I'm not the type to feel trapped on a normal basis, but with all that is going on I'm really feeling it like everyone else is.  

         Right now we are living in a world where people are either overacting of just living in fear of all the deaths caused by this virus.  Some are scared to venture out and some are dying of being cooped up, and until this all blows over I guess I am stuck here waiting to recover and go back to work.  Hoping that when that day happens it will be after this starting to dissipate.  I know it will be a long time before we return to normal and that day can't come too soon in my book. 

         As I look back the things I miss the most are the days spent with my daughter fooling around doing are shopping thing, but also all the days better known as free play days where it usually evolves dining out at a nice place then back to her house for another roaring game of Sorry which we so love doing.  I really long for those days to return soon, cause these once a week Target runs are fun but not the same.

        However long this takes to finally be over and life returns to as we once knew it, there is the underlying fact.  This virus took away all what we so longed for which is our personal freedom to be ourselves unencumbered with all of these restrictions that we now have to face.  So until that day I wish all the best hoping not to lose any love ones in the process and strengthen our own resolve knowing that we survived a very dark time in our lives.    
       
         

  


                             

Break in Action

     Well the year started out as normal as can be, but that is where it all went wrong.  Two months into the year and I had been waiting for my tax forms to finally get here. usually I have already gotten my checks back by now.  Unfortunately  for some unknown reason things were a little detained.  So finally at the end of February I finally made it in to get the whole tax thing done and sit back and wait, providing there was a return.  

     Suddenly my world was turned upside down.  I was happy with with the results and thinking about the trip home from the new location of my tax man.  Then it came all tumbling down, literally as I lost my footing and fell to the ground and broke my upper arm.  I wouldn't find out how bad until I got to the hospital.   My arm was broken so severe that I had to have a plate and screws put in to secure the bones.  

     So after the surgery and 4 day stay at the hospital I was shipped out to a nursing home facility to be looked after for the 8 days.  I have to say my hospital stay was good as usual,  the food and I had decent care while I was there.  The nursing home was a little bit new to me, but I was taken good care of and the staff was pretty good which made my stay there very pleasant.  But all things have to come to an end and I was sent home to start my home rehabilitation.

      Time has crept by through all of this and I can't believe that I am going on 2 months since I broke my arm.  Already receiving my disability money well at least the first amount that is still waiting for next deposit to show up.  All that aside I am here at home doing my exercises for my physical therapy. at least until I actually go in to the office.  


      So for now I am just waiting to find out if I will be able to get an extension for more time off or if by some chance he will release me to go back to work.  To be honest right now I'm rooting for the extension, cause I am nowhere near ready to return to work.  Especially at a time when we are all being quarantined due to this Corona-virus.  So here I sit at home waiting patiently to see what will happen next for me.   

Here we Go again

     Funny I had started this a few years ago and never really got started besides the title itself.  Kind of funny that the title still fits even after all this time.  Without going into too much details it has been a quite interesting past couple of years including a brief stay in the hospital.   Although it was a little more traumatic then I had been used to in the past and of course the stay was a little longer.  I really have to say aside from the multiple times they had to change my IV  over the period of my 2 week stay, I was well taken care of  and most of the food was pretty good too.  So after a few weeks of recovering to be able to go back to work, in which I had mixed feeling about but nevertheless I had to get back to work soon.  

     After everything was back to normal again and I was back to my routine  of working all week and getting together with my daughter twice a week.  As time went on I started to realize how much I really appreciated our little get together more and more even though they were mainly shopping trips with a meal here or there and of course a little gaming when it was possible.  But then my daughter started to budgeting our shopping visits to give us the opportunity to have free days  on weekends to pick a nicer restaurant and then hang out afterwards.  

     As I get older and am starting to have more issues with my health I realize I have to make it as special as possible spending time with my daughter cause only God knows how much longer I will be around.  I have just learn to take it just one day at a time like they always say.  I only hope that I will be around for a long time so that I will be able to continue having fun with my daughter.  

     One thing that I have noticed more and more is I am getting more and more attached to my daughter that I need to at least hear her voice once or twice a day.  We do text from time to time but our schedules and a little out of whack with her sleeping through the day and me being at work and trying to squeeze in as much I can before nodding off for the night.  I like living alone and having my privacy but it is quite lonely at times and those are the times I really wish she would call just to see how I am doing.  

     With us now into the year 2020 I can only hope things continue to grow stronger between us and all of our health remains to be good as possible for the remainder of the year.  It is only getting started but one can only hope for the best.  I am really going to try keeping this up as it is good to let it out even if  I may be the only be the one reading it.  At the very least I will help me to learn how to make things better.  So until my next session I will be always remembering all that makes my life a little more pleasant to get through.