The Witching Well

Still using the cane for long walks, but that’s just in case rather than an actual need. Luckily, the thing folds down small enough to fit in my backpack. I have high hopes that I’ll be back to normal in a few more days.

Amazing how for granted we take our limbs until they don’t work right. And using a cane puts my left hand out of service when walking, too. Which is a major pain in the ass when there are doors between me and my destination, because my right hand is usually busy carrying things. Tomorrow, I expect to be cane-free in the office, and am very much looking forward to being able to bring a drink to meetings again.

It’s the little things.

Mood: optimistic

Three weeks ago — no, maybe it’s four weeks now, I was getting up out of a chair at the end of a meeting, and I felt a muscle in my foot go twang. I didn’t twist my foot or bend it any more than usual. Just normal getting up motions.

Huh, I thought to myself. I seem to have pulled something. It didn’t hurt too terribly badly, though it did make me limp a bit. Being me, I thought very little about it and went on with my life.

A little over a week later was the trip to NY (aka the weekend from hell). I walked on it even though it was still a bit twingey and by the time we got home, I was in much more pain than originally and was walking with a pronounced limp.

Well, I overdid it a bit, didn’t I? I thought, and went on with my life, albeit at a slower, limping pace.

It was the next weekend before I caught on to the fact that maybe I’d actually sprained something. Spent 2 days with it elevated. Plugged in the heating pad. Borrowed a cane from my mother (who has a bum knee and thus many orthopedic supplies).

I’ve been using the cane for a week now, and the foot is feeling much better. Better enough, in fact, that I toy hourly with the idea of NOT using the cane. But I suspect I’d regret that in about three dozen paces if I were so stupid (of course, I don’t have a great track record here, so we’ll see how the scales between brains and impatience balance out in the end).

The doctor’s appointment you’re probably wondering about by now? That’s this afternoon. She’ll probably just tell me to stay off it and such, like I’m doing (now!), but if I cancel the appointment I think my husband will refuse to speak to me all weekend.

Mood: frustrated

My husband and I spent the weekend visiting his relatives, which is a 4.5 hour drive from home. In the span of time between Saturday and Monday, here’s what went wrong:

• We had tickets to see Wicked with our 2 nieces. One of them couldn’t come because her ketones were way off (she’s diabetic) and there was concern she might need to be taken to the hospital. This was supposed to be her Christmas present.
• The Patriots lost the Superbowl. While my husband and I were sitting in a room full of Giants fans.
• We were supposed to come home on Monday. An hour into the return trip, our radiator basically fell apart, stranding us in Danbury, CT. My inlaws had to drive out to rescue us and the dog, and we both had to beg out of work today because the parts couldn’t be got until this morning.
• Overnight last night, one of my inlaws’ three cats died.

Mood: drained

A cute little meme that I scarfed from Poppy Z. Brite (whose books I’m currently reading, but more on that later).

Directions:
1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, iPod etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS

1..IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac

2..HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Black Math – The White Stripes

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon

4..HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Love is Stronger Than Justice – Sting

5..WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Pibroch (Cap in Hand) – Jethro Tull

6..WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
The Dark End of the Street – The Commitments

7..WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Waves (Take Me Alive) - Rhea’s Obsession

8..WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Tishialuk Girls Set (Father’s Jig/Buffett Double/Tishialuk Girls) – Great Big Sea

9..WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Show Me – The Pretenders

10..WHAT IS 2 + 2?
The Chain – Fleetwood Mac

11..WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR EX?
Lazy Bones – Leon Redbone

12..WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
On Board a 98 – David Coffin

13..WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
El Amore de Mi Vida – Warren Zevon

14..WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Hitsum Kitsum – Louis Prima

15..WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Cup of Wonder – Jethro Tull

16..WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Big Stripey Lie – Kate Bush

17..WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Dreams – Fleetwood Mac

18..WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
Just a Girl – No Doubt

19..WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
O My God – The Police

20..WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Beat the Drum – Great Big Sea

Now press Next one more time and use it as your title.

Mood: silly