Real Life Begins. 3 weeks

I traveled back home last weekend. A four hour car ride is not the most comfortable, and left me with even more edema.  But at last I was home and could sleep in my own bed.  There is only one problem with this- my cat thinks she wants to sleep on my feet! Ouch.
For the past week I have been taking it easy.  I did office work on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  Not too much standing on my feet, and therefore not too much pain either.  I was very excited on Wednesday when I put on real socks (compression socks) and athletic shoes for the first time.  Although it is easier to use ace wraps to keep swelling down, they do prohibit a good walking pattern, and also look simply dorky.  It takes quiet a while to get the compression socks on, but once they are in place I leave them on until the moment I crawl into bed at night.  I am using over the counter compression socks at the moment, about 20-30 mmhg.  They could be tighter on the lower leg, but then again then they would be even harder to get on.  I do have a prescription for some medical grade socks, but I think I'm delaying on those in hopes that they will soon come out with some cool, non-grandma colors.  I already have 2 pairs of those that are thigh highs, and very HOT.
The incisions and blow holes are healing nicely.  I no longer have bandages on them and have starts to peel the steri strips off, little by little.  The true test will be when I am working on my feet all the time again.  Today I am working at the clinic, so it's lots of ups and downs.  But at least it's not being up all the time.  And starting on Monday I will be working my retail job again, but they are being very nice and starting me out with 4 and 5 hour shifts.  And they say if I feel up to it I can stay longer, and if not I can just go home.  It's a much better plan than what we did 2 years ago with that surgery.  Back them I though that after 1 week post op I could jump back into being on the floor full time with 8 and 9 hour shifts, and doing clinicals. HA.  You live and learn.  My body is worth much more than a paycheck.  I want to be able to use it forever and for it to work well so this time I am taking it slow and making sure that things are done right. 
The only thing that I am not doing very well right now is the working out.  I have worked out twice in the past week, but the NP said I should be working out every day.  If there was just another hour in the day I could get so many more things done.