Yup…she’s walking 50 miles again – this time in Charleston.
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Author: Stax
Funny How Things Happen
so…i fell down on Monday, went to the urgent care place and the doc there wanted to give me crutches. I told him about my situation and my balancing issues and he suggested a boot instead. I put on the boot and STILL could not walk because i couldn’t put any weight on the ankle. At that point, i had to get the crutches to use as well as the boot. Of course the first few steps with the crutches were touch and go, but i very slowly kinda got the hang of it while i was there. He still didn’t really like how i was looking so i left the place with a prescription for a walker, because he thought that it would probably be my best option.
By the time i got home and practised with the crutches some more, i was doing ok. i stopped using the cane – obviously – and was wearing the boot and using the crutches. Wouldn’t you know it….it seems that all the walking/balancing issues that i normally have are gone. i swear that if i take off the boot and throw away the crutches RIGHT NOW, i would walk normally – and not my “normal”, normal like any other person (normEl, normEl!). ugh!! who knew that it would take my falling down the steps for that to happen.
Anyhoo, I can put some weight on the foot now. If i walk on tippytoe on the right, i feel no pain. Last nite i started using the cane again because i’ll be honest i’m a lil afraid to go out in public (have my infusion tomorrow) with the crutches. This morning when i woke up, i actually walked around a bit without the boot, so the ankle is healing and i’m on my way to being well again.
My Worst Nightmare
has happened…
just the other day i was talking about the steps in my house. Yesterday i tumbled down – sorry, catapulted down 1 flight of steps. (If i do say so myself, i think i would have scored a perfect 10 for my flips – twice) 🙂 I started at the 4th step and landed on the floor right by my front door (12 steps down) – on my side. I was alone – actually i was glad that no-one saw because I’m sure it looked worse than it felt and it felt BAD. After it happened, i composed myself and limped to my desk.
I actually went for a record yesterday, i fell 3X!!! After the 1st one, i didn’t realize that my ankle was gone and i fell twice again afterward because i just couldn’t put any weight on the ankle. those times i actually did the usual and laughed because i was in so much shock – the 1st one was no laughing matter.
there is GREAT news…it ended extremely well – all i suffered was a sprained ankle; i didn’t hit my head, i didn’t hurt anywhere else. in fact i don’t even think that i bruised where i landed. I went to an urgent cars facility and left with a boot and a pair of crutches – so i’m fine – no need for anyone to worry.
Needless to say, i’m working on the middle level as opposed to all the way down this week.
To my Trini Peeps
Okay…(almost) so every year (if u like me) i wonder what the hell they coming with again the following year – as far as soca is concerned. I have to say tho that last year the only song that i liked from the very 1st time i heard it was “Palance“; everything else had to grow on me. This year? i like just about everything – there are few songs that i can do without and only “Advantage” had to grow on me (after 3 listens i was sold on the concept alone).
But SHIT! Does some of the music have to be so bloody fast?????
Doh get me wrong, i have come to accept the fact that i eh go be wining down to the ground anymore. The thought/picture of my doing so with a cane and 2 stiff leg is not a sight that even i would want to see, so i does jes be tapping my cane along, tapping meh foot to the music. I swear that I can barely even do that to some of the music this year! LOL!!!
i eh go lie…as i get older, i realize that there is absolutely nothing wrong with Groovy Soca and when i see the young ‘uns carryin on (like i used to – of course) i jes want to tell them to “relax already – good Lord, settle down!” Doh get me wrong, I am all for a good time and there is nothing like being on the road for Carnival Monday and Tuesday – in fact if i could i would be front and center, but sheesh!
Quite frankly, left up to me “Wotless” can easily win Road March hands down – no questions asked! 🙂
Home
I love my house…we bought it in 2002 – been here ever since. It’s perfect for G and me – we have no complaints. when we started looking around, i had specific instructions for the realtor.
- It had to b close to a highway (i have too many friends who live 15 miles from the exit and i didn’t want that)
- it had to be close to Atlanta (i know u get more for ur money the further out u live, but that shit is NOT for me)
- The bedrooms had to be equally sized (too many places we looked at had a huge master and 2 closets for the other rooms – NOT acceptable)
This one has all that and more. I’ve mentioned before (i think) that it’s 3 stories…yup, 16 steps (but who’s counting) between each floor (if only i knew then what was in store for me). 2 of the bedrooms are all the way on top (G and mine) and there is another all the way down – that’s where i work. So everyday i have to make the trek up and down all 32 steps at 1 time or other because i work all the way down and the kitchen is in the middle.
I love my house – until last Saturday! i finally got to celebrate my birthday with the crew on Saturday (what with the weather and scheduling and whatnot). We did the usual – eat, drink and be merry and then it was time to come home. I got here and i swear it took me about 5 mins to climb 16 steps – WTF?!?!? it was a looooooooooooooooong, slooooooooooow, “painful” process. I’m not sure what the problem was – i didn’t try to figure it out – but, for the 1st time since being here, boy did i wish that i owned a FLAT house!
Now and again, i really feel like this…