“Hi. My name is Karen Cooper and I don’t sit still well.”
Right.
As I first revealed in THIS POST about the guest bathroom, I hurt my ankle while attempting not to fall off a ladder. While I was coming down the ladder from changing the glass globes on the guest bathroom light fixture, the ladder wobbled and I jumped down to the floor to prevent falling. When I did, I apparently landed wrong and turned my ankle – and I say “apparently” because I actually don’t remember. I just remember that I thought, “Yay! I didn’t fall on my head!”
Oops.
By the next morning, I couldn’t really move my ankle. It was swollen and I had a lot of pain, especially when going down the stairs.
Yep – those stairs. (Click the photo for the post on how I decorated the gallery wall.)
Fast forward two and a half weeks and two doctor appointments later, and we still don’t know what’s wrong. Only that it’s not getting better.
I have an MRI scheduled for Friday morning, so we should know something soon. The doctor thinks there might be a fracture that didn’t show up on the X-ray because of the swelling.
Either way, I’m not supposed to be doing much of anything. I’m supposed to take it easy, wear the boot when I need to do stuff, and generally rest.
I am not good at this.
I have two kids that have a bunch of activities. I have laundry. I have meals and clean-up (although I’ve pretty much punted on this lately). I have a DIY blog that, you know, requires some DIY-doing.
I’m staying busy by conquering some back-end tech stuff on the blog that’s needed fixing for a while. I can do that sitting down with an ice pack on my ankle.
But I’m frustrated. I don’t like feeling like I can’t do something. I don’t like feeling I have things to do that I literally can’t do.
I’ll let you know what happens on Friday as soon as I know. I want to think they’re going to tell me, “You’re great! Go paint that bathroom!” But that isn’t realistically going to happen. I’m trying to prepare myself for that.
A "recovering lawyer," I turned in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.
You are just cursed lately. And I definitely see you as the “I can’t sit still” gal! You can always plan out a post schedule and get some ideas and notes down (pictures and actual projects later, natch). Here’s something to laugh at … Hubs saw an article today online, that said Comcast was rated the #1 WORST company in U.S. for customer service! Wait, maybe that WON’T make you laugh. Oops!
REST as best you can, and feel better soon, woman!
I am doing a lot of post scheduling and planning – I even made a spreadsheet of future projects! 😉 (I know, I’m a dork!) I do feel lucky, though, to have so many good friends looking out for me and my family! LOL re Comcast! HA! I know it all too well! Thank you, sweet friend, for your message!
I feel your pain. I once straddled a bathtub in my bare feet to get that pesky spot of wallpaper glue off before I started painting. Slipped and my right foot hit the vanity counter. Ouch! A non walking cast for 7 weeks. Did I mention that it was my right foot? And no driving?
Hoping you are back doing what you love soon,
Oh no! This is my right foot, too, so I’m terrified I’m going to end up in a cast and not being able to drive! ACK! Thank you for your sweet message and thoughts!