If you celebrate the Easter holiday, I wish you a Happy Easter. If you don’t celebrate Easter, I wish you a Happy Sunday! Whatever you’re doing today, I hope it brings you joy.
April is a tough month for me… not gonna lie. If I could crawl in a hole for a month and avoid the whole thing, I most definitely would. But I can’t do that. I’m steeling myself in preparation for all that April brings. My mum would have turned 77 on this coming Tuesday. That’s always a tough one. A very close family friend’s one year anniversary comes this week too. Next week is the anniversary of my aunt/godmother’s passing and the following week is the anniversary of my mom’s passing. Ugh.
I’m generally a positive, glass half full kind of person. My mum definitely was, too. I’m sure that I’m this way because of her. I’m holding onto that as tight as I can right now. I’m surrounding myself with positivity, trying to stay busy with things that bring me joy, planning some creative projects and saying a prayer to whatever higher power wants to listen to me. If that doesn’t work, there’s always a nice glass of wine.
On the bright side, my stitches are out and I’ve had my brace refitted for my post-op hand. Very sore, but progressing. I should start OT in a couple of weeks. That should be interesting.
The bruising is hanging on, but the incisions look great! The one on my wrist is suuuper sensitive but is looking so great. The one on my palm is coming along and is now itchy as well as sore. I’ve been slathering them with antibiotic ointment and now that the wounds have healed I’m moving on to a more moisturizing treatment. My skin is dry to begin with and having my hand encased in a cast and then bandaged in a brace for the last month has taken its toll. Time to add some retinol to the mix! Thanks to Beauty Pie, I’m ready to do this!
More on Beauty Pie later. I’ve amassed a good selection of products and will put my thoughts together for you. I still have a couple of things that I need to give a fair amount of time before they get a yay or nay.
Be well!
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