fitted sheet tug-of-war

in less than two hours the doc will slice my hand and wrist

so clean sheets go on the bed NOW

and as always the fitted sheet tries to not live up to its name

making its mischief first by pretending to be Portrait when it is Landscape

then by spontaneously shrinking three millimeters so that tug mightily as you will the corners never quite line up

not without wrestling and tugging and mattress-lifting and knee-balancing and cursing

but there is some comfort with these machinations in having remembered to perform this uncomfortable task pre-op

and not with fresh incisions