A wonderful Easter

There have been so many beautiful things (most revolving around food!) happening over the past week and Easter including many firsts for me:

- Having brunch on a gloriously sunny morning with our church small group at a funky new cafe, Snow Pony. Even the swarms of wasps (unfortunately the eastern suburbs are having an infestation at the moment) couldn't spoil the fun!

- Eating chocolate for the first time in 6 weeks! Both Tim and I gave up chocolate for Lent and we struggled with temptation many times in that period. Not sure we could do it again but we have been making up for lost time over the past few days :)

- Watching my 2 year old niece on her Easter egg hunt.

- Going to church for the first time in many, many months!! In fact I went twice, on Good Friday and Easter Sunday and it was just so wonderful to be back and singing with everyone. I managed really well apart from the inevitable fatigue from being out.

- Eating the most delicious gluten-free hot cross buns, mmm mmm

- Having a wonderful roast lunch with my sister-in-law Joce and good family friend Cheryl on Easter Sunday. Again so much good food including pavlova and an Easter Egg hunt!

- Improving my walking. I am now doing 2 x 500m walks each day and am still really enjoying the feeling of walking with a natural gait. Even stairs are becoming more manageable.

- My movement restrictions have been lifted! I am now starting to bend, twist and lift again, albeit in very structured exercises. Still it's good to finally be able to dress myself and put on shoes without my friend the claw!

Still quite sore and fatigued but as you can see, I have managed a lot more activities. Work is now next on the agenda. I'm starting back next week for a few hours, only 5 days away (eek!), but I will save that for another blog. The swarm of emotions I feel regarding work really deserve a post of their own...