Spring Fever on Bed Rest

It's the most wonderful time of the year... And I'm stuck in the house on bed rest...
As I've mentioned in previous posts, I have some health issues due to my lymph system not working correctly, which has resulted in benign tumors, multiple surgeries, gastro difficulties, etc. On the 16th I woke up around 2:30 AM in excruciating pain & ended up calling my mom around 4:30 to take me to the ER. Turns out I had another perforated spot in my belly that had began to ulcerate & cause some internal bleeding (same thing that put me in ICU in Nov of 2018). Fortunately, this time didn't put me in ICU, but I did have to go into emergency surgery, followed by 10 days in a hospital, surrounded by sick people, while a national quarantine was put in place due to a virus known for killing people with weak/compromised immune systems. Oh yeah, plus I had an NG tube, PICC line, and a couple of drainage tubes that made it difficult to get any rest. But- I proved to be a survivor, yet again, and am now home, with multiple restrictions for lifting, moving, or anything unsanitary; so I have a lot of downtime to manage while I longingly gaze out the window as the short season of perfect weather goes on without me.
Here's what I've been doing so far:
*Worm Bins- I shredded a few months of junk mail and mixed it in my worm bins, while also thinning the populations of the bins with the plan to colonize the in-ground trench I've spent the winter filling with rabbit manure, leaves, etc. Since this would likely be considered "unsanitary" by the Dr, I donned a pair of the rubber gloves made for pulling stuck calves. I also fed the bins well so I can neglect them for a few weeks while I continue to heal.
*Gardening- I lost a lot of my seedlings due to drying out while I was gone, so have been bringing the trays inside to do an inventory of what is left, potting up the survivors to go in the garden in a couple of weeks, and sowing seeds of things I need to replace. This is a good one because it keeps my hands & mind busy. Not unsanitary since the potting mix is sterile and, as long as I don't water them until they're back on the shelf, the trays/flats are within my lifting restrictions. Additionally, I *might* have stuck some corn seeds in the ground, as well as tossed the last 15 seed potatoes on the soil and covered with mulch (but that's off the record, lol).
*Planning/Organizing- I love to plan/organize things; but I'm afraid I'm just too much of a spontaneous and unorganized soul to actually follow through with the plans. Still, this required downtime has allowed me to sit down and write out some plans for projects without feeling guilty about "wasting daylight."
*Seed Library- One of my goals is to start a small seed library for the region. Lately I've been working on doing inventory of my own seeds to see what I have & what I need, plus try to come up with a good system of organizing the collection and making an efficient lending process for the library patrons. Finding a good way to organize, sort, and store the seeds is most definitely a priority... Simply because I have seeds everywhere and can't inventory them since they're all stuffed in envelopes and scattered around the various work spaces.

So this is what I've been doing since being released from the hospital last Thursday. While I am still taking the pain meds, I'm only needing to take about 25% of the recommended dosage, which is great. I'm not saving the daily urine again, just yet, for this reason (plus it's heavy to carry the collection jug to the garden). The goal is to be totally off the narcos by my follow up appt Wednesday, with any needed pain relief being provided by one Tylenol capsule (can't take Ibuprofen due to the internal bleeding). Hopefully the Dr will lighten the restrictions at the appt, Weds, and I will, at least, get to work on a few projects during these gorgeous 70-80°F days we're having before the 90-100° temps get here in a few weeks.

KC: Glad you got out of the hospital, not where I'd want to be right now either.

I have health issues too, and sometimes when I can do nothing else I plan things, whether they are reality or not. Sometimes I design things I know I'll never do. It makes me think outside the lines of "I have this much space and resources" and lets me look at things different.

I went through 2 years I couldn't leave the house more than about once a month for groceries (and that floored me for a week) or do much at all, except sit still and be on the net. I designed buildings I will never build, unless someone wants to pay for me to have a full castle, with an awesome solar setup and wind power. :D But I had to look things up to get it all right, learned a LOT about solar, and wind, and running power, and how to work with water pipes and drainage. I'll never build that castle, but the education was great! There were houses of various types, and things built out of shipping containers, and under ground, in various  climates, all worked out how to build them, landscaped and gardened up to work with them.

The mental exercise there both kept me sane, and when I DID get land, and I needed to design a house and gardens, I had all that info in my head. Still don't have the house built, was going to get it started this spring, but the world has gotten weird, so it's on hold again. But no matter what happens in my life, I have all that stuff I learned when I was too sick to function.