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One Armed and Useless

Ilinap · February 3, 2014 ·

 

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I had surgery last week. I can’t drive for two weeks so I am captive in my own house. I’ve watched too much TV, slept off the pain meds, eaten my weight in cookies, and been utterly unproductive. I “write” using the voice dictation on my phone. I am right handed so I am useless and helpless. I can single-handedly conquer a lot, but it turns out I only mean that figuratively. Here’s a list of the things I can’t do one handed:

Everything

 

And to think I once had a one armed cleaning lady. True story.

 

Tags: health, random

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  1. Christine Kushner says

    February 3, 2014 at 11:41 AM

    One armed, maybe for now, but I will never consider you usefless. You are too magnificent for that.

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