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!
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
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.
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.
Make A Key
Prune A Tree
Spray A Flea
Step In
These 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.
I just finished an organic peanut butter and vanilla marshmallow sandwich on rye.
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 :)
The True Value Hardware (Triangle True Value, as it were) has quite the sense of humor, it turns out, though I didn’t discover this until recently.
They have one of those tall lighted signs in front of the building with space on both sides for the stick-on lettering. The one side I normally see (the sign you’d see if you were west-bound) always has some “normal” content like “Pansies: 6 for 2.00”.
Recently I’ve had occasion to see the other (eastbound traffic) side (which we see going from yoga to Chick-fil-a …yes, fast food is allowed — nay, even encouraged! (by me, anyway) — after yoga) and … it’s *hilarious*!
This week’s message:
miracle gro
clippers 4 your toe
garden hoe
step in
Realm of the Lint Queen 