After being laid up for six months my highest priority was getting a job. It really didn't matter what kind of job as long as I could reasonably expect to be able to do it given my current level of physical ability (disability).
Well now I finally have a job as a security officer. Great. I just got home from my second night on the job and am trying really hard to remember what I thought was so damn important about getting the job in the first place. My feet are killing me. I don't just mean they're a bit tired and sore, I mean hurting so badly I can barely walk. Combine that with my hip hurting like blazes and mobility is suddenly a major issue again.
Realistically I know that most of it is just the fact that I've been laid up for six months and my feet aren't used to being put to work. It'll take some time for my body to adjust to doing more than sitting in a recliner most of the day broken only by occasional walks, some low level exercise, and some cycling.
Better shoes would help too. Black dress shoes aren't the things to wear when on your feet, on concrete, pavement, and tile the majority of an eight hour shift.
I am supposed to perform a patrol of the plant as gate traffic allows and attempted to do so tonight. Unfortunately, my hip is just not up to that much walking yet. I couldn't make half the patrol. Starting tomorrow night I will have my bike there with me. I can do the patrol on my bike, already cleared it with the supervisor. It'll be a piece of cake then.
I like to work. I have worked all of my life. But right now as my poor dogs are barking furiously and I'm limping badly because of the stupid hip, for the life of me I can't remember why.