A couple of weeks ago I had surgery, and my road to recovery has been just a little slower--and bumpier
--than I expected.
I'm doing my best to follow doctor's orders. That includes limited time on stairs, limited driving, and no lifting anything heavier than a gallon of milk (sometimes even that seems too heavy.) And that lifting restriction is going to pose a problem in the next few weeks.
Along with my older son, I am a musician at my church, and every Sunday I play my guitar. It's a 12-string guitar, and it's fairly heavy. Even if my kids carried the guitar into church for me and just handed it to me to play when it's time, I can't stand there for an hour and play it. It just weighs too much.
All this time I'd been complimenting myself on learning to play a portable instrument. Organists can't just pack a pipe organ into the trunk of their minivan and take it on the road.
So I'm thinking it might be time for me to branch out a little. My son has two guitars and a mandolin (as well as my banjo, but he broke at least one string on that, so it's out of commission). Mandolins are smaller and even more portable than guitars. Maybe I can use the extended "couch time" to learn to play a new instrument.
Then again, maybe I'll just sing for the next few weeks. People will laugh, because I won't know what to do with my hands. But soon enough I'll be back with my trusty guitar.
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