Up The Farway Tree

Keeping Busy

Well, I had quite a busy weekend buzzing about and not really resting :-) I had Andrew up early on Saturday again, so we could take Seb back up to the country park, which he absolutely loves. We did the same route as last time, but the other way round. Unfortunately there was a lot more walking uphill this way, so my wee legs did suffer but the lungs coped remarkably well. I just can't explain how wonderful it is to be able to walk again....just taking Seb for a walk along the road makes me feel so happy inside! Having poor health for so long and then being given this second chance really does make you appreciate the smaller things in life and I hope I never lose sight of that.

I have also been doing more baking - this time scones and fruit loaves. Courtesy of all this high calorie food I seem to have put some weight on! Hopefully this will continue and I will be at my target weight in no time - then I will probably be worrying about piling the pounds on. I have also been doing a lot of the cooking, which I have not really been doing over the past year. Even something as simple as putting things in the oven seemed like a mammoth task. I actually thought I didn't enjoy cooking and was not looking forward to it post transplant. However I now realise that it was more to do with the fact I found it so exhausting, coupled with the fact I NEVER felt hungry, so couldn't really care less what we had for dinner. I would rarely finish my dinner and eating was a huge chore, as well as being something that made me breathless. Now my appetite is slowly returning and I am starting to enjoy food again, so I actually don't mind cooking and would even go as far as saying I quite enjoy it. I have even been experimenting with the herbs we bought for the garden, although at this stage it's very much trial and error. I have no clue what I am doing, but at least it sounds good ;-)

Yesterday I went to the supermarket for the first time (in about a year). We had to go at 9am though, so it wasn't busy as I still have to avoid crowds. It was weird being able to move about and not hang onto the trolley, which is what I would normally do - in fact the last time I went to the supermarket I had the oxygen cylinder in the trolley so I could push it about. How things have changed! I must admit that I still hate food shopping and plan to continue doing it online, but it was nice to at least have a choice about going and not leaving it all to Andrew. I'm sure there will be a great many 'firsts' in the coming months and I am enjoying each one of them.

Seb has been enjoying all the walks but is now expecting a lot more from me. He doesn't like when I am moving around the house and not paying him any attention. When I was baking yesterday he insisted on sitting right in the middle of the kitchen, so that I had to continually walk round him. Then he moved to the front door and sat there looking up at his lead, as if to tell me a walk was in order. Later on I decided to have a shower and left Seb curled up in his basket. As I was getting dressed I heard an intent scratching on the bathroom door. I opened the door and Seb was standing there looking at me, before he quickly dived into the bathroom, grabbed my slipper and ran off. I think we could call that attention seeking behaviour! He has however been busy most of the weekend with the giant bone I got him. He can hardly carry it but has insisted on taking it around with him, even out into the garden and back into the house. At one point he even went to sleep with the bone safely tucked under his paws...it's quite cute in a strange sort of way.