Never underestimate the value of an ordinary life

A couple of yrs ago my SIL told me if I wanted to plant anything in the front garden I could. I quickly found planting a handful of extra seedlings meant I was also responsible for the bed's upkeep. I was annoyed but I did, well except when my health "hiccups". When that happens she has to pull herself away from Q Anon sites and help out....usually "accidently" pulling up or damaging flowers, sometimes even those she planted. This month I had surgery and was not to bend over or pick up "anything weighing more than a 1/2 gallon of milk". She showed her disappointment with my laziness by basically weeding about a quarter of the garden, ripping up some Snapdragons and a Bee Balm. She also put their garbage out but not mine. Needless to say I put it out myself(something that normally isn't a big deal) and now I have a silver dollar sized wheal on my spine...guess something pulled open. The md said just to watch it and if it changes colour, weeps or gets larger to call them. So far no change ins a couple days. It's itching so it's probably healing.
This sort of thing was why I was hesitant for us to move here but there weren't really any good choices back in Florida. Mostly it's good but it's not good if the central character is unhappy with how her NPC's are performing....
FridhR,
Pat