Pulling myself out of a Funk

Finally pulling myself out of the funk of the last few days (possibly the last week).

It helped that I had a new toy to play with today – my dream computer keyboard. I am not a gamer, but I am picky on keyboards and type relatively fast. Or, I used to. #1 obstacle is muscle weakness after shoulder surgery. Seriously, it doesn’t matter how much you squeeze that ball that comes with the sling – your whole arem and hand get weak and atrophied. #2, I have the cheapest stiff keyboard from work. My job is to type quickly all day long. Why not allow a person to have a better keyboard? This is the argument I would make if I thought I could convince them to pay for this keyboard at work. I doubt it would fly. Especially since I discovered my ideal keyboard is a gaming one. Sorry for all gamers out there who might think it’s sacrilege for a non-gamer to own one. Despite my muscle weakness, I still can type pretty fast if I’m not fighting a crappy keyboard, pounding the clunky keys into submission. The fun backlighting wass a plus as well.

Ahem. Back to shoulder recovery. I think the lesson is to hang in there and do the work even when it sucks and it’s boring and doesn’t feel like it’s getting any better. Sure, it’s normal to get tired of the drudgery, or feel discouraged. But dang, shoulder surgery recovery is nasty. The amount of pain, the amount of time being in that much pain . . . arduous does not seem like a strong enough word. It can get flat-out exhausting at times. Fight to survive and endure another day. And get ice packs. Lots, and lots of ice packs. Had no idea I'd still be icing so much 8+ weeks after surgery. Icing my opposite non-operative shoulder as well, as iritated as it's gotten, still doing all the work. I think today is day 59. Day 1 is the first day after surgery.