Nineteen and Oh How I'm Aching!

The countdown has begun. It's now nineteen days until I have my hysterectomy. Gotta say... I'm starting to freak a little bit. I've also started working out at a gym. Oh my ever loving Lord... I had NO IDEA I had some of these muscles!! My arse hurts, my thighs hurt, my sides hurt and my triceps ache. But apparently that's a *good thing*. I just sigh, roll my eyes and try to go to the gym 5 days a week. (The gym is closed on Sundays, and is only open for 4 hours on Saturday, so I take the weekend as a rest time.) But I can notice that I'm getting stronger already. My posture is better and my abs are starting to awaken after a long hibernation of 13 years. (They hurt too) Other than that, I'm starting to wrap up stuff at work, which is a good feeling. I only have 1 final week of Storytime left and then the 2012/2013 year is OVER!!! Yippee!!! I do have 2013/2014 planned out already. I do need to tweak it and gather crafts, but that's relatively minor. I don't need to worry about that. I am planning on weeding as much as I can before I leave. It would be cool to finish weeding the section I'm on right now, but that's not going to happen. It takes me a long time to weed because I can only do it for 90 minutes a week. I know it's progress, but it's slow progress. So a few things remain before the yank date - specialist appointment, get stronger at the gym, finish up work. Should I prepare some meals ahead of time? One thing that occurred to me was that my period that I had in May could very well possibly be my VERY LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD EVER. Boy, that's exciting. I've had my period since I was 11 years and 2 months old. It's kinda all I know. Living life around my period has been so deeply ingrained into me, I'm kind of dizzy with the potential freedom I could have. No more cancelling swimming because my period is too heavy. No more forgoing a bath because I'll leak. No more fear about going hiking during that time of the month. No more carrying feminine products in my purse. No more ruining underwear! No more turning Hubby down because "I'm spotting" or "I'm on my period". This could potentially mean more sex. Yippee!!! I do have to take a break from the gym while I heal, but we'll take it as it comes.