Post surgery, soft foods, cars and spending

I know many people would disagree that a 5-day weekend isn't a weekend off when you're sick or just out of surgery and out of it or in pain, but it was fantastic to have a few days off. FULLY off. No to-do lists outside of taking pain medications, no pending issues besides a lot of napping... We haven't had a real day off since New Year's (plus or minus 2 unscheduled snow days), so I was excited to be off, feeling ill or not. To do it justice, I did nothing at all but rest and I loved it. Back to scheduled madness now.

Surgery went great, and no, I don't remember getting out of the dentist office or taking a rather painful selfie of me with my smile faced bandaid. Everything else went just as well as I could've hoped; bleeding stopped right away, no pulsing throbs yet, a bit of swelling (ok, a LOT of it, but it receded), and little pain. A lot of restricted movement, but little pain. I am happy overall. My follow up will be on Wed (do I have to pay for that appointment? No idea), and hopefully that gives me a clean bill of health.

My brother texted me Sunday that they finally delivered him the letter for the car sale, so once I receive that, hopefully I can "buy" the car. I've made all the payments to it, bringing it to $7,500 (well, $7,434, but who's keeping track). I am hoping I can bring it over to my possession before the month is over. How's THAT for optimism?

Last but not least... outside of $14 worth in pain meds, the $300 in cash for the dentist and about $30 on food to cook with/for my dad, last week was cheap. And for the next 4 days, all I have to buy is something soft but edible (ugh soups and ugh mashed potatoes... maybe I'll get sweet potatoes), and that shouldn't come to more than $15. All the savings will continue to be set aside on a separate savings account until they reach $300, and then moved to my Ally account to partake in any one of my bigger goals... right now, building a much bigger EF is sounding like the best idea.

Hope to catch up with everyone here shortly! Just give me some time. A lot happens in 5 days.