How Does Stella Get Her Groove Back?

Ok.....so it's been a few weeks since my surgery!

I thought I would be jogging by now!  NOT......

Recovery has been slower than I anticipated! In my head, I really thought I would be running, and skipping and leaping for joy!  Ok, maybe not quite like that....but you get my drift!


Alot of things have happend to me in the last few weeks.

Gall bladder removed.......check.
Hair cut..........................check.
Sitting around.................check.
Mum cooking dinner.........check. (that has been the best!!! thanks mum)

All this sitting around has led me to alot of thinking time.

Time to sort things in my head.....

One thing I learned, well I didn't actually know how sick I have been.  When you have been sick for a long period of time, your body and life creates a new kind of normal....so my normal has been slowing becoming less and less.

So now I am on the other side of sickness, my original normal can return, with a few changes thrown in......

One of them being...I am putting my two youngest back into school.  A big decision but one I am very happy with, and they are very excited about going back!  A new chapter for them and me......

What to do with all that time on my hands?   Hmmmm, I'm sure I will fill the void!

I "stella" have lost her groove some time ago......if you've seen it, please phone me on........ha ha.

So my journey over the rest of the year, is finding my groove with a few new things thrown it.....a bucket list of sorts, but one that will create a new life....

Don't panic, I havn't been given 3 months to live, but in my mind, I feel like I have just woken up from a coma....my body has shut down to "just ticking over" for the last, 3 or 4 years and I have forgotten how to really live!

So this time is exciting.....a new chapter of health and living.

My new groove might be skiing in the snow!

Or mountain climbing in Japan.

Or drinking coffee in the SoHo district of New York (definately on my list!)

I had an epiphany when I walked into my house straight after hospital.

I didn't want to be the "old" stella (not old yellar!) anymore!

So each decision I build on from here, is going to be the product of a new "stella" with new ambitions, new ideas, and lots of fun inbetween....after all I am now "over that hill" and life is short....! 

So if you've lost your groove and want to re-invent yourself, join me on "stella moments" and we'll discover a cure for "groovesbegone"   (grooves-be-gone!)

(Terrible, terrible disease!)

:)