Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Back To Normal

I can't believe the time is finally here, but Jess is finally going back to work on Thursday.  Yes, after seven and a half months of being off while she recovered from surgery, she has to return to the work force.  Usually, a return to normalcy is a good thing, but in this situation, it is pretty depressing.  We got to spend so much time together in the last seven and a half months and I can't say that I ever felt like I needed a break from her.  In fact, I think I am going to instantly miss her and you wouldn't expect that when you have spent so much time together.  Luckily, she is going back to work during my busy time of the month at work so I'll have plenty of other things to concentrate on.

What's amazing is looking back and realizing how much has happened in our lives during the recovery time.  Let's see what has happened since the moment Jess went under the knife: she almost died, our nephew was born, her mom passed away, we took two trips to Disneyland, one of my pictures ALMOST made it on the cover of a phone book, and we took trips to Reno and Tahoe.  All of this while recovering from surgery shows we did more than just sit at home for the last seven and a half months.  Can the next seven and a half months, with a HEALTHY Jessica be as eventful?  If it is, and hopefully we can avoid the deaths and near-death experiences, then we have exciting times up ahead in our lives!

In the end, this break from work was for recovery and as Jess goes back to work, I pray, cross fingers, think good thoughts, etc, that this surgery was successful and she will be able to work pain-free or at least mostly pain-free while she does her job.  Her job as a nurse is taking care of people and making sure they are comfortable.  It is only right that as she does her job, she is comfortable as well.  Now we see if it was all worth it.

7 comments:

Miss Sassy Pants said...

You were amazing during my recovery, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you did for me and for how well you cared for me. I'm such a lucky girl!

I have my fingers crossed too - there's nothing worse than 12 hours of pain... It does a lot to make an awesome job completely suck.

Anonymous said...

You two are such a wonderful couple. I love you sooo much and pray Jess is as painfree working as possible. I hope you don't miss her too terribly. Hugs my darlings. Nani

Mom said...

It truly has been an eventful 7.5 months. I too hope she can endure a 12-hour shift without the pain she had before. You two are a remarkable couple and I am so proud of you for taking care of her the way you did. She is truly a lucky person to have you in her life.

Tara said...

All fingers and toes crossed that Jess is pain-free!

laura b. said...

I hope this next year brings much more good news than bad.

Congrats to Miss Sassy Pants on the return to work!

Mrs. Hairy Woman said...

Triple the finger and toes crossing.. and hope that the next few month's are better healthwise.. You are both such lovely people and you can tell the love is all around you!

Churlita said...

I miss your photos.