Thank you all for your good wishes for my healing yesterday. The orthopedist couldn't have been nicer (my mother actually sees him for her arthritic knee!), and he told me that I should have my foot in the boot pretty much all the time. I can take it off to bathe, but that's about it. So no driving for me until I see him again in five weeks, which is a major bummer. The Mister dug out the crutches I used when I got that bad sprain many years ago, and I'll use them when I have to go longer distances. The doctor said that given that I'm generally physically active, I don't smoke, and I'm not diabetic, he expects the foot to heal quite well. I just have to stay off it as much as possible and let it heal. And that's likely to be the hardest part.
While this is a major bummer and a big inconvenience, the timing has worked out well, if it had to happen. Right now is a particularly busy time at work, so I'd be sitting at a computer for most of the day anyway. My boss has already told me not to worry about coming into the office until I'm healed, so I don't have to worry about that (and now I'll get bonus knitting time during my biweekly team meetings). And because my niece is due to arrive soon, my parents took only a brief trip down to Florida and now are back, so they'll be able to help out while I can't drive. I've also decided to use this opportunity to work on my upper-body strength and do some focused workouts to build up those muscles. I miss running and walking outside, but I'll do what I can from indoors.
Today I am hoping for a better day. Molly is home (it's an in-service day at her school), so we'll be baking an apple cider donut cake to take to family dinner tonight. I'm hoping to finish up a big, high-profile project for work. And we'll have that family dinner again, so I'll get snuggles from my nephew and my favorite puppy. This too shall pass.
I'll leave you with a couple of photos. First, the sum total of my bell pepper harvest from this year:
I may have grown only one pepper, but I can tell you that it was delicious! We had it on our salad at dinner on Wednesday night.
Second, something to make you laugh. When I fell on Sunday, I also managed to break the case of my phone, so I ordered some new ones. I'm always amused by the poor English translation on the packaging of products, and I thought you'd appreciate this one:
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| Click to embiggen so you can read the smaller print! |
Be careful out there, friends, and have the best weekend available to you. And don't forget that we turn the clocks back to Standard Time on Sunday!
The resilience course I wrote about earlier teaches skills that might help and one of them is called positive reappraisal. It's just what it sounds like, looking at things in a different, more positive way. It certainly sounds like you have done that! You've dealt with most of the issues, and I bet that people will be willing to offer any additional help you might need. Cake and snuggles will also help, so don't "warry"!
ReplyDeleteWish I was closer because I would bring over a knee scooter that I hope I never need again. Follow those orders to stay off that foot and you will be healed in no time.
ReplyDelete"Warry Free" is the best. LOL. So sorry (again) about your foot, but you do seem to have the best attitude. That looks like an amazing pepper that you grew. None of ours turned yellow...only red!
ReplyDeleteBetter to break the case than the phone. But you have the added bonus of a new coloful case. I was sure your link was going to be to this cake https://smittenkitchen.com/2024/10/glazed-apple-cider-doughnut-cake/ because it has shown up on my feed so often in the last few days. But yours is much prettier. Sounds like you're doing a good job of readjusting life to your new situation -- even a new work-out focus.
ReplyDeleteAs inconvenient as a broken foot is, it does sound like this happened at the best possible time for you. I'm definitely looking forward to an extra hour this weekend!
ReplyDeleteYou have certainly reframed this broken foot to find some positives. What a great idea to work on upper body strength. Luckily Molly is pretty self-sufficient except for driving and your parents can help. The cake looks delicious. Have a good weekend.
ReplyDeletehappy Friday, Sarah! I'm so sorry about your foot and know the time will go quickly 'til you're healed. Your sweater is looking great - and I have the same question about how much of the contrast you'll use - I sure hope the orange gets to play, at least a little bit! Happy knitting, reading, chair workouts, and letting other folks "do" for you!
ReplyDeletep.s. your apple cider bundt recipe looks tasty - I have this one from Smitten Kitchen to bake for a load of carbs come Tuesday https://smittenkitchen.com/2024/10/glazed-apple-cider-doughnut-cake/
DeleteI am so glad your attitude is not broken like your poor foot! Your outlook is one we should all take a page from! I hope your weekend was coloful and warry free! XO
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear it's broken! What a bummer! If you're looking to also keep up strength in your legs (and improve balance for when you're testing out your freshly-healed foot) let me know. I have sprained and broken my poor feet from having "weak ankles" (spoiler: it's actually usually lateral knee and hip weakness) many times and have some great at-home strength PT exercises I can share. They can be done equipment-free, but are even better with inexpensive resistance bands.
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