Surgery is DONE!

The bladder stone is gone.  Surgery went smoothly Tuesday morning - I checked in at 5:00 am, surgery started at 7:00, it was finished before 8:00, I was home by 10:00.  Such a short time to knock me flat for the rest of the week.  I cleared my calendar for the surgery day but I was not expecting to be so tired and worn out Wednesday, Thursday, and even Friday.  I cancelled things - even POTTERY!  And, I just slept and hung out on the couch.   I watched "Zootopia".  Steve and I watched two Foyle's War episodes.  We watched the BYU-TV production of "Winter's Thaw" that came out in December and tells the Tolstoy tale of the shoemaker at Christmas time (not the one with the elves...).  It was really well done.  I recommend it highly.  The energy was back on Saturday -  in time for Steve and me to go to St. Louis and serve in the temple.  AND, for me to give Lucy her first piano lesson.
 

Here we are.  (Lucy is wearing a jacket/cape combo from a cartoon she likes to watch)
I found a pre-reading book in the piano method that I like to use.  I hope she has fun with it.  I started to take piano lessons when I was 8 years old and Juli, 2 1/2 years younger, started to imitate what she heard me playing so my mom enrolled her in lessons right away, when she was 5.  Right about the age that Lucy is now.

I have not attempted to start eating acidic foods without Prelief pills, yet.  I am supposed to have a two-week follow-up appointment and I might give it a go after that......

Oh, and we pushed the "send" button on our mission application.  We had the interview with the bishop this morning.  After the interview with the stake president (day TBD), it should take 5-6 weeks before we get the envelope in the mail with our assignment....

AND, on the day of surgery, Steve and I celebrated 42 years of marriage.  We went out to eat BBQ the night before.  And, we cooked steaks for Tuesday night but I was too nauseated to eat :(