Awareness of the outside world. The link is a for a post about authors but I figure the principles apply elsewhere. Two points I found interesting. Conversation may come before the money request. Generate your own AI test letter as a way to be forewarned about the style. Whatever: Reminder: Scammers Are Out There Pretending to Be Me (and Other Authors as Well).
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Bone is healed. Doc doesn’t need to see it again. Yay! [Doctor’s Appointment]
Soft tissue is taking longer.
Intellectually, I know that there is progress.
When I began doing again, I could lift all manner of things, including the pitchfork. Yay! [The Joys of Barn Cleaning]
I could lift, but not twist. One day the pitchfork was resting with the tines curved downwards. Without thinking, I swiveled the handle. Immediately, I had to spent several minutes wandering around the barn, holding my wrist, and questioning my life choices.
Similarly, I could not use the water at the barn. The handle is stiff and requires a sufficiency of horizontal force. Turning it on and off with the right hand was a no go. The bucket arrangement requires right-handed handle management. When I tried doing it cross-handed, water went everywhere.
And then, a week later, I could do it. It feels like forever and then I look back & see that I can do something I could not do the week before.
The other dilemma of rehab is being tired. You can do more. So you do more. And then you get tired. I spend most of my time tired.
Consider the scenario. After a productive & successful day, you put your feet up with a feeling of rest well earned. This is not that. This is doing one tiny task & being prostrate for two days.
Irritated is still the best way to describe it. “I am not in dread pain. I am not in despair. I am irritated.” [Note on Word Usage]
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
And then there is “aggravated “, one of my favorite pet peeves.
Joan