Anybody seen my id badge?

Now that I can manage to open the front door by myself, I can get out for walks on my own. So I did just that yesterday. It was a chilly brisk day and it felt absolutely wonderful to be out. I walked down to the University Village. My primary objective was The Confectionary, one of the best candy shops in Seattle. I needed Jordan Almonds. They are a Christmas tradition for me. Somehow some jelly bellys, reindeer corn (like candy corn only green, red and white) and peppermint sticks wound up in my bag as well. Whoops!

After so much solitude, being around a lot of people was strange. I'll get used to it but at first it is tiring.

The other big news from yesterday is that I started the process of returning to work. I will work from home for the week of December 29th and will head back to work in the office on January 5th.  I'll play it by ear at that point. If it is too tiring to be in the office all day, I may work half days in the office and half a day at home. I have such a great supervisor! She has been so supportive and understanding through all of this. For those of you who may think this is too soon, the truth is I really have to get back to work. Most of this leave has been unpaid, although I may get some short term disability at some point. Also, my health insurance will stop on January 1. It would start up as soon as I return to work, but I really don't want it to lapse.

Now I need to find my bus pass and id badge. I was very clever before going into the hospital. I cleaned out the bag I'd been carrying each day to work. I put my bus pass and badge "someplace safe". Some of you know what that means, I now can't remember where the safe place is. I have two weeks to find them. Wish me luck!