Making Plans

My diagnosis coincided with the school holidays. God has been good in that I could still go for an overseas holiday with my family. 4 days after surgery. Plans were put on hold, partially due to medical appointments and partially due to mental state of mind (read: worry).

Anyway, it's good to make plans... something to look forward to

• Malacca trip - I was toying with this for months before diagnosis. Just the kids and I. It would have been our first trip out alone. Well, we can go this June or December. Or go elsewhere.
• movie - normally, we would catch a movie during the longer school holidays. Oddly, this time round, we didn't. I wonder if it's 'cos of lack of appeal. I mean, I would prefer wall.e to Bolt.
• West Coast Park - kids are drawn to this, asking me to bring them every school holidays. The weather wasn't good on the days we planned to go, and I didn't feel like going on the days the weather was fine.
  
• shopping - December is a time of shopping, for Christmas, for new school year, for stocking up during sales. I spent a bundle on medical and perhaps that put a damper on my mood. I even maxed out one credit card.

I thank God though, that during this time I could catch up on my knitting. I still have a huge stash to clear. I even brought my knitting to the hospital to fill in the gaps while waiting. Incidentally, the nurse told me to not knit after the 2nd op, so as not to aggravate the cut during sentinel lymph node procedure. I stopped till I got home and my fingers itched and I just continued knitting. I cleared the physiotherapy session even with me knitting daily.