New chapter called "Waiting"

So, what should I do Friday? Anyone want to go shopping? I'm free to do something afterall. My surgery is off until Feb. 23 and at this point I have no reason to think that it will happen then either. There are no openings for an MRI for me even in the next 2 weeks and my only hope is that there will be a cancellation. So each time my surgery is postponed, it's a 2 week delay because my surgeon has limited surgery time at the Burnaby hospital alternate Fridays only. Apparantly I would have been bumped today anyway because they were overbooked for the surgery.
Julia wondered if I could make an appointment for an MRI so there was a sure date, even if it was way down the path. I just checked and it used to be that way but now everyone is put into the same (very long) waiting list and there is no way to book an appointment. It's like standing in the lineup at the post office (in Botswana) -you can't prebook your place in line.
I am in very little pain so this is doable; I sleep well and have the luxury of a nap whenever I can't stay awake due to the meds.
The part that is new now is actually deciding what to do with my time. I really can't be at work but my focus is not 100% pain management like it has been until now. So my daughters have been challenging me on what I CAN do: learn the bus system to go shopping for instance so that I can assemble a project to tackle. Maybe those Christmas Stockings will get done...Stay tuned. What will the project be?