A hospital holiday (yes, holiday)

I recently had a five day stay in hospital.

Don't panic, folks. Elective and nothing too serious.

But seriously,  I was so looking forward to it.

Packed the iPod,

piled craft magazines into my suitcase,

along with many books,

knitting projects,

 food treats

and some decent tea and coffee bags.

(A bit of a bugger that there was no room left for clothes and toiletries

but they are over rated anyhow)

To have a stretch of time post surgery where I had no demands on my time

from children, husband or normal domestic life,

to be able to knit, read, sit up late watching movies without hubby's disapproval,

it felt like a holiday.

OK So there were a few physical constraints

(post-op recovery and all that)

and mental restraints

(why are nurses so perky and chatty at 1am and 5am

when they wake you up to check and records all those bits and pieces?

Seriously, you wake me up

and expect a coherent conversation when you ask

"Wow. That looks good. What are you knitting?" at 5am?)

But no nasty jabs in the butt or anything

(something from the dark recesses of my childhood memories

when I had my tonsils out as a youngster)
And I do find that, after 3 pregnancies and child birth experiences,
 there isn't much that makes me squirm these days
when it comes to having my body poked and prodded.

(the first photo shows truer colour)

Pattern: Garnstudio and DropsDesign Lin tunic with shirred pattern

Yarn: Panda 8 ply wool crepe (in grape purple)

And to top it all off.

my folks got our last one almost toilet trained while I was away.

There may well be a bonus in their babysitting pay packet this visit.