Gratitude... Day 14

I made it to two weeks post op! I hope everything continues to go well. Today I got an awesome surprise from my HH, a pair of Oakleys!!! I've needed new sunglasses for the longest time. I'm so excited. It was just the pick me up that I needed. It was another gorgeous California day, one where you can't help but feel grateful just to be alive. My little sister went to the grocery store for me which was a huge blessing. I picked up my sweet little BB and  we watered plants and made a big mess of potting soil on the porch. I was also able to have a chocolate ice cream shake (it had protein powder so it did serve a good purpose haha). I can't deny that it was a pretty great day and I'm grateful for it.
I had a couple awkward encounters with people today. The first was my mailman, who fell badly off my porch steps and put the wrong mail in my mailbox (my house is old so it's one of those mailboxes where it falls into your house). He then knocked on the door and began telling me about how he fell and mixed up the mail and I couldn't respond. I felt so bad. So I did what I could and showed him my teeth while mumbling unintelligibly that I couldn't talk. He looked even more flustered, apologized,(people always do when I do that, not sure why) and left. I tried to ask "are you ok?" but he just looked up at me like....huh? Later, the UPS truck came and I had my screen door shut but main door open so I did what any normal person would...I hid. That was weird. Finally my neighbor came home while I was on the porch with my son and mentioned how beautiful my flowers were. I mumbled thanks, which she obviously didn't understand cause she said, "the color, it's really beautiful" and then stared at me. So again, I flashed my metal mouth, mumbled, and got another apology. I don't think she had any idea what I said. This is fun...not. Thank goodness my sister went to the store for me because all the employees know us there. My HH mentioned that he wondered if any of the neighbors thought he might have hurt me because I disappeared for more than a week, my car was gone for 4 days and when I reappeared I had a grotesquely swollen face and a bruised neck. I would love to know if anyone noticed any of that! Haha. I doubt it but that would be funny. G'night!