It has been a week since surgery...

Joel has been up and around more than I would have liked today.  One of the disadvantages to working for yourself  is having a hard time leaving your business in someone else's hands even if only for a few days.  Because he wants to get back into the work mode, he also wants to stop taking his high intensity pain meds.  I have mixed feeling about this.  Obviously, having him in the most lucid state is my preference.  However, the meds also make him sleepy forcing him to rest.  He plans on starting to take Ibuprofen in the morning and I will be watching him closely, counting the hours he is sleeping.   He has hit that crucial period were he feels well enough to be up and around but he still needs to be resting.

So it is time for the great benefits of brain surgery:

1. The food is amazing!!! I am not sure I am ever going to be able to go back to my own cooking.  My sister-in-law very generously organized meal preparation for the weeks following Joel's surgery.  At first, I was going to turn it down but I am so glad I didn't.  I can't even begin to express how thankful I am or count the benefits this service has provided!!!

Plus, I now know my own cooking sucks!! No other word describes it.  The kids love everything! Most of the time they need to be bribed by dessert to eat my cooking. No wonder.  They must have learned from their friends what other families are eating and my kids are really just taking a stand against my food meritocracy.  

2. Joel's creating minimal laundry.  Two months ago on an average day he would wear racquetball clothes, work clothes, and after work clothes.  Now, he has been wearing one outfit of a t-shirt and shorts a day.

3. I get to make all the decisions.  Yes, for those who don't know me well, I am kind of a control freak. Most of the time I talk to Joel about things (or at least make him think he is making some decisions) but right now, I get to decide everything: when we eat, when the kids go to school, if they takes bathes, etc.
Sometimes this can just make things run smoother when there is only one of us deciding.

4. All of his rest, is making his sense of humor shine. He hasn't become a musical savant (he tried playing the piano Iphone app the day after surgery, and he couldn't even play chopsticks) however, he is constantly cracking jokes.  Again, our family has suggested he stay on the narcotics and try out for a stand up comedy gig.

I will let you know as we discover other brain surgery benefits!

Movie Update:

"The King's Speech:" LOVED IT!!  Now I am looking for more information about King George VI.  Trivia: Did you know Kenyon Martin of the Denver Nuggets is a board member and active spokesman of the American Institute of Stuttering.

"How Do You Know:" Deserved the rotten tomato award.  Two hours of my life I can't get back.  I am no longer allowed to choose the movies we get from redbox.