Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas blog friends!
I am slowly but surely getting back to everyday life. The leg is healing well and I hope to be starting limited physical therapy around the new year. I still have a cast on but they want me to start moving the toes and hip as much as I can.

Today was sedate but enjoyable. Harris and his family went to be with his grandparents and I felt like staying behind. Getting in and out of cars gets exhausting and road trips get a little sore. So here I am watching movies and reading.

School starts after the New Year and it looks like I'll be hobbling around campus for the second time in a year. FROWN The good news is that I don't have to drop the RA position. Really, the accident happened at a good time if you think of this in terms of school and work. I had the time to recover a little.

Harris' family has been wonderful. We had a lovely Christmas Eve and his mom gave me a pretty quilt. I had been telling her about this quilt my mom made me that I had to leave behind and she created a new one for me. It's nice to feel that motherly love again and - even if it makes me miss my own mom- I love having Harris' mom as a surrogate. I spent time making pommanders ( I think that's how it is spelled) with his mom and aunt. We had some nice chats and the house smelled like cloves for several days.

Thank you all for the Christmas wishes and get well wishes.

19 comments:

  1. Merry Christmas to you and hope you continue getting well.

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  2. Merry Christmas to you, hope you are healed quickly!

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  3. Merry Christmas. Slowly but surely, as many things that have happened in your life, things will get back to normal.

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  4. Merry Christmas to you, dearest. I am so glad to read your are in good spirits and taking the ups and downs of life with aplomb. Peace and good will, SS

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  5. Merry Christmas! I'm glad you won't lose the RA position. I hope you continue healing well & quickly!

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  6. I'm glad you're having a peaceful holiday! Take care of yourself, and you'll be better in no time.

    Brittany-Ann

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  7. Harris' mom sounds like an absolute gem. And you're doing an amazing job of finding all the good in this situation! Here's hoping the New Year brings you all the joy and prosperity you so richly deserve. :-)

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  8. Wow if you and Harris do get married you will have an awesome mother-in-law!
    Glad to hear you are on the mend, and keep resting up!

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  9. Glad you had a good Christmas and you are healing well. Enjoy the rest of the winter break Ruth!

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  10. Ruth,
    I never, knew what exactly went on with the injuries...did you break your leg or hip?
    I know about the accident, but want to know what your broke..I am thankful for you that Harris has a lovely family.

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  11. I'm sorry you've had such a tough time recently, Ruth, but it sounds like Harris's family has gone a long way to make it as nice as it could possibly be. And what a lovely and thoughtful gift from his mom! I hope you continue to heal rapidly, and I hope 2011 brings fewer difficulties and even more happiness to you -- you deserve it! Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year. Be sure to find the mistletoe with Harris! :)

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  12. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you Ruth. I hope you get the rest you need and deserve!

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  13. Merry Christmas to you too. I hope your leg heals easily (you may be able to predict changes in weather now LOL). I am glad that Harris' family is helping you recover. Have a wonderful New Years and heal!

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  14. Merry Christmas Ruth!

    I'm glad to hear you're healing in body & spirit. I'm also glad to hear you'll be able to get back to you RA job & the semester at school - I really hope that 2011 is the start of something terrific. Almost time to turn the page on 2010.

    All the best,
    Jacquie

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  15. I'm glad you're feeling better, Ruth :) I'm also super glad that you'll be able to continue your RA job.

    A friend of mine mentioned this idea to me, and I'm going to try it myself. Every year on New Year's Day, she starts a new knitting project for herself. If you knit (or crochet, or have any creative hobby in that arena), you're welcome to join the "project". :) There's an entire week to figure out what you want to do, find yarn/hooks/needles/etc, and practice anything in that project that you're less familiar with.
    My friend considers it a "good luck" practice, but I'm going to do this because it helps me to remember that I am allowed to treat myself on occasion. I'm thinking on a shawl for myself.

    Again, I'm glad you're feeling better! Enjoy the next few weeks of your break and I wish you a WONDERFUL semester! :)

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  16. How nice to see a new post on your blog -- and even better to hear you're recovering and looking forward to a new semester.

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  17. Happy New Year, Ruth! I'm sure you are more than happy to bid adieu to 2010. Glad you were able to keep your RA job; best wishes for a great spring quarter (I think all the CSUs and UCs - except Berkeley - are on the quarter system).

    Harris' mom sounds so sweet. I have three of my grandmother's quilts made during the Depression on a farm in Indiana. I totally know how attached we can become to those pieces, whether they are stars, baskets, or, in the case of my favorite, a crazy quilt made from fabrics used to sew the clothes of my dad, his four brothers and sister (not to mention Grandma and Grandpa).

    Will you still be working in the library? I don't know what it is; my school has 25 libraries and every one of them has the same wonderful smell, even the reading library where a bronze of Mark Twain greets you on a bench outside its doors (we house most of Mark Twain's papers and I will get my hands on them somehow before I graduate). :D

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  18. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! (belated)
    Hope you are feeling better soon and that your leg recovers quickly!

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