Celebrating Mom’s 50th birthday, still able to cuddle on her lap

It was a big week for Marcy. On Tuesday she turned 50 and I took the day off work to celebrate with her. It was a pretty low key day because it was cold and we had quite a bit of snow on the ground. We went for a walk around Wash Park with Olive and watched a couple of episodes of The Crown. Marcy did not want anything special for dinner other than a chocolate cake which she wanted to make herself. We all watched My Octopus Teacher that night, with both Olive and Pickles joining us on the couch.

Enjoying a family movie on Marcy’s birthday

Now, two days after she turned 50 Marcy decided to get major surgery on her left foot. She has had a bad bunion on that foot for decades and has talked about doing surgery to correct it for years. Well, with nothing happening over the holidays and me not traveling for a while she decided now was the best time. So, on Thursday she went to the hospital to get it done. The surgery was a success and she begins the long, slow recovery process. This involves being on crutches for two weeks, and then a boot for 6-10 weeks after that.

Olive helps the healing processShe is supposed to keep her foot elevated for the first two weeks and obviously staying off her feet as much as possible. She is actually doing pretty well. She has kept the pain in check and has been surprisingly mobile, even volunteering to do the dishes after dinner tonight. She has also figured out a way to get a good upper body workout in.

Enjoying an upper body workout

We really didn’t do much this weekend. There is still a lot of snow on the ground so no runs or games at the park. Our big outing was to the farmers market for lunch on Saturday. And we watched a lot of football all weekend.

The kids are both officially on winter break with nothing planned other than one day of skiing.after New Year’s.