Harry Potter

Was fabulous.  More later when I’m not quite so yawny.

The birdies have flown!

So, aside from being broken, I have exciting news!  The last baby bird (whom I’ve been calling Bitsy) flew today!  I had limped to the kitchen to heat a slice of Chicago pizza Jeff’d brought home for me (yah Jeff!), when I saw this:

That’s momma’s head looking down from above, BTW!

Things I’m thankful for

1) Friends and family who make sure I have crutches and food
2) a very good GP
3) Vioxx
4) My little red makeup stool with wheels, which, it turns out, is perfect for scooting around house
5) a first floor master bedroom (and bath)
6) a shower with a seat in it
7) a boss who understands why I can’t work sitting up for long stretches
8) insurance
9) a boyfriend who is coming home tonight

Update

Diagnosis: torn MCL (Medial Crucis Ligament).
Treatment:  RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation)
Prescription:  Vioxx (anti-inflammatory.  Motrin x 10)
Prognosis:  Week (maybe more) on crutches.  Re-evaluation then.
Current Status:  Owie and chagrined.

I’m broken

Last night at yoga I twisted my knee something fierce (nothing weird other than I didn’t get my balance well before I started a pose.  My stupidness.)  I can’t put any weight on my leg at all (thank heavens Mary, my roommate from high school, and Kim, another friend who happens to be the wife of a good friend from high school, brought me crutches)..on the way home last night I had visions of using my desk chair with wheels to try to scoot around the house.  I will be mostly in bed, with leg elevated, save for a Dr.’s appt. at 1:45. If you need me, call.

This week’s True Value poem

Make A Key
Prune A Tree
Spray A Flea
Step In

The fuzzlets that have nested at my house

birdieThese are the baby birdies (finchlets) that have nested in the glass Chinese latern (thanks, Pottery Barn — you are useful after all) that’s hanging on my porch.

weird, even for me

I just finished an organic peanut butter and vanilla marshmallow sandwich on rye.

Books

Following mckenzee‘s lead:

I’m listing the BBC’s top 100, since I do much better on it than I did the US list :)

I apparently don’t read enough of the Brontë girls…