That's the pits, Laura! Wishing you continued healing.

I was waiting for the pharmacy to open at CVS this morning, and a woman in front of me said, "Hello!" as I was reading a texted question from my husband about the pick-up, so instead of responding to her greeting, I responded to my DH's question out loud with a "Yeah." And then it took me a couple of seconds to realize, so I explained to her what had just happened, because my response had sounded kinda rude if you didnt know it was a brain hiccup. Anyway, it was funny, but maybe you had to be there... I made up for it by being chattier with her than I normally am, because she was very chatty. So, karma rebalanced.

So, karma rebalanced.

I'm not sure you incurred a karmic debt with a slightly fumbled and distracted greeting.

EM was going to facetime me from Montana to go over paperwork and then cancelled it at the last minute this morning! Rude! Now I have to go through my tax stuff by myself.

I need to wake Matilda up but then I'll have to feed her and shit. And I'm clearly having some motivation issues.

On the plus side I got a new cardigan in the mail. So, cardigan rebalanced.

Okay, I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon with an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in hips. From the reading I've been doing, it almost sounds like recovery from a total hip replacement is easier than recovery from repairing a torn labrum. I genuinely don't know which one to hope for. (Obviously I would prefer no surgery, but the MRI results make it pretty clear that there's a significant amount of damage to the cartilage, so there's going to have to be some sort of surgery.) My age and the amount of damage kind of point towards total hip replacement, so I'm preparing myself mentally for that. Although it's 2026 and apparently a lot of hip replacements are done on an outpatient basis, so it's not the complicated procedure it used to be. Living in the future is awesome!

Our health insurance is going to hate us so much. (I would feel worse about needing hip surgery if the cheap bastards covered Zepbound. But since they don't cover it and I pay out of pocket for it, they can kiss my ass [which is connected to my bad hip].)

I am very annoyed I was supposed to have a package delivered by USPS yesterday. And then suddenly it changed from “out for delivery” to “you need to come pick it up at the downtown office that is only open 9-4”. wtf.

The USPS is the WORST with packages. I hate them so much.

Getting a whole-ass hip replaced is outpatient?!? That's wild!

Having a four meeting day, not really here

Getting a whole-ass hip replaced is outpatient?!? That's wild!

Right? This is some sci-fi shit!

In my experience, people who go in for hip replacements have such a decrease in the joint pain that the recovering-from-surgery pain is not actually that bad (as opposed to the "I broke my hip" folks). And the post-surgical precautions are much more limited than 10 years ago so you don't have to deal with putting on pants without leaning forward, for example.

In my experience, people who go in for hip replacements have such a decrease in the joint pain that the recovering-from-surgery pain is not actually that bad

The pain itself isn't agonizing, but it has severely limited my activities, so some postsurgical pain that can be managed with ice and meds is a welcome tradeoff to being able to function in the world again.

you don't have to deal with putting on pants without leaning forward

Bold of you to assume I wear pants.

I'm not sure you incurred a karmic debt with a slightly fumbled and distracted greeting.

Better safe than out of balance, I say!

recovery from a total hip replacement is easier than recovery from repairing a torn labrum

I can only speak to the first part in that my 88-y.o. aunt and her 63-y.o. daughter both had super beautifully smooth recoveries from their replacements and are thuh-rilled with the pain-be-gone procedure. Having said that, you are younger than both, and I have no idea how long a hip replacement lasts. I'll be interested to hear what your doctor recommends.