Back at Work
[Photos from Wednesday 9 March 2016, posted online 10 March 2016. It’s good to feel on top of things for five minutes.]
I’m back at work!!! (Well, mostly.)
I decided I was getting good enough at sitting up, with my leg extended on a chair, to start showing up to work last week. My first day back was Wednesday 2 March, and I stayed pretty much the whole day (talking to people is fun!), but then left early both Thursday and Friday.
I must give major kudos to my company (Marel) for kindly offering to pay for a taxi to drive me home for up to two weeks, while I (literally) get back on my feet, and rebuild some mental stamina. This means I’ve been able to check out early if I need to, without impacting Finnur’s work hours too much. (He’s still driving me to work, it’ll be a few more weeks before I trust myself to drive.)
All in all it’s gone pretty well. It’s given me a reason to move about more, which is a good thing, and I can feel that my leg is getting much better at pumping blood. I think I may have stayed upright for some 15 minutes a couple of times today, without feeling too much pressure, which is a huge improvement over last week! (3 images total)
To document the one week anniversary of me returning to work, I had Finnur take a photo of me outside Marel. Those white things on the ground are salt-bits.
While I was away for SEVEN weeks (!!!), the whole cafeteria got doubled in size, redesigned, and rebuilt. Now it sports a lot of matte blacks and wood, as well as a firepit (!!!), and lots of different types of chairs, and seating areas. It’s a huge improvement over the drab place it used to be. I suspect I’ll be spending a lot of time there, once I can easily transport my laptop around.
Just a photo of the decorative shelves, as I was waiting for a friend to bring a cup of mocha. You can see the edge of the firepit there on the left.