First of all, there must be some sort of an epidemic in my family, it would seem that we are all experiencing some mild or major drama at the same time. Life is never dull or boring for us, thats for sure.
Chuck has been out of town since Monday, I hate it so much, thank God he will be home tomorrow night. Yes!!
So I had my foot surgery a week ago today. I am so thankful it is over with, that first few days part, but honestly I thought I would be a lot better by now. I mean seriously, I really thought I would be walking around on both feet with no problem.
I know, I know, I am certain I must have overdone being up and around on it, (I was bearing weight on it the third day), and it is extremely sore right now. I have to wear this enormous walking boot during the day, (its wonderful, nice and clunky, you can hear me coming a mile away), or I can use crutches, (sometimes I just hop, :) not so much though, thats really gotten hard on my left leg and foot, and it makes me tired fast.
I also have to wear the soft boot at night when I am sleeping, at least that is until I wake up with my toes numb, and I yank it off in my sleep.
So life is good, sleeping, not so good. I have these pains in my foot throughout the day, like surges of pain, some are quite sharp. They seem to come and go, and hit in various places, all close to, if not a direct hit right on the heel, where the stitches are.
So I am running errands today, or (clunking as the case may be), as I had to go to mail a package for Mark, then to the vitamin store, to stock up, on to the grocery store, and of course, to Ulta, (I had a coupon, and needed shampoo) :)
I also made a quick stop at McAllisters to get sweet tea.
So I discovered after yesterday, that I could drive with the boot on, and am pretty sure now that is probably why my foot is so sore. The boot does not give much, and once while I was driving, I meant to hit the gas and hit the brake, (only once, and no one was around) :)
So I was at Ulta today, when one of those painful surges hit me, and I yelped out loud like an idiot. At the time I was clunking past a lady on my way out the door, and she looked at me really strangely, I never made eye contact, just kept on clunking out the door.
I am seriously hoping that this is part of the healing process and not some more serious issue.
And did I mention that I cannot get this cast wet for the next two weeks?
I love it, no hot tub or bath, just quick showers with a baggie on my stupid foot. grrr!!!
I have been sewing some, and have discovered, much to my surprise I can operate the sewing machine with my left foot, woo hoo!! I cant sew for long though, as when my foot is in just a normal hanging down position for any length of time, it swells, and starts throbbing. Its so annoying.
Those of you that know me well, know that this being incapacitated is driving me crazy. I am not a veg type person, and dont do well just not moving around very much.
I dont watch tv during the day, so that leaves sewing, or reading, and all I can think of while doing either, is I'd rather be playing tennis, or working out.
I am starting to get really nervous thinking about how long this healing thing could take.
I guess I am not being very patient, but hey I'm old, I have a set number of years left to do things. I need to get this show on the road.
So I have organized my photos, cleaned up my over 800 messages inbox, and even deleted my deleted box, and still there is time left over.
So I got to thinking that tomorrow, I am going to do my closet, it really needs to be "summerized", now that the weather is going to be warmer, maybe!
That means that I need to get my summer stuff from upstairs to downstairs, and my winter stuff to upstairs.
Hmmmm.... now I know that this is going to take some creative thinking on my part, not to mention, time and patience. I will not be able to transfer too much at once, least we forget about the stupid walking boot, or God forbid the crutches. I will need to get the small ladder out of garage to reach the higher racks, but I wont over do, I promise...
I will be careful, and this time tomorrow, I will have an organized, "summerized", closet.
