Let it Snow

Today we got snow! That definitely warrants some pictures since it's such a rare thing for us. I can hear you snickering, those of you that aren't from the south. "You call that snow". "Yes, we do!". 1-2 inches can shut down the city. It was so warm yesterday, roads are probably just fine, but I'm staying home all day so I don't really care. I just hope the family make it back from the beach tonight and can get up the mountain. They've been at a soccer tournament for past 3 days. The high today in the valley is 37 and it's usually 4-5 degrees colder up here on the mountain, so it may not get above freezing.

I get my cast off in 15 more days on March 16th. I've had this cast on for 19 days, almost 3 weeks. I've done 23 bone stimulations, sometimes twice a day on some weekends. I just really, really hope the x-ray looks good on March 16th. Doc's orders for the cast was 4 weeks but the appointment was made 5 weeks out. I guess the healing I'll get in that extra week won't really matter in the grand scheme of things. I'm just anxious to get back to walking without crutches.

I know this is very shallow of me but I miss driving my car...

(it's a 5 speed manual)

My forefoot still feels tight like there isn't very good circulation and it still helps to keep it elevated. But there isn't much pain these days. But I've pretty much done whatever I've wanted as far as activities. I've been to a lot of soccer games in the past two weeks. Since everyone was gone this weekend, I had my freedom to come and go and the house gets kind of old. So Friday night I went to the movies and I went again yesterday. I wanted to catch up on some Oscar wins. I saw The Reader and Slumdog Millionaire. I drove the truck both times. I have the seat pushed farther back and I can now leave my foot on the floorboard and drive with my left foot, rather than propping my right foot over into the passenger side. It's more comfortable. I may drive to work some this week. My main carpool ride is out of town half the week so I need to get a ride in the morning with another guy who lives on the mountain. There are some soccer games to go to after work, so I may just drive myself on those days. I've bummed rides from a variety of folks in my building, mostly for the end of the day when I want to catch a ride to Grissom for a soccer game.

The new LCD TV broke about 3 weeks ago. The Sharp electronics sub-contractor has been out to the house to fix it twice. On those days, I stayed home the whole day. TV is still broken and it needs yet another circuit board. I'm a little ticked of the inconvenience but would really just like the TV to be fixed. Let's hope the next board will work. I may need to stay home another day or partial day this week.

I have missed most walking the dogs...

Other than that, not a whole lot of news about the foot. Just waiting to be crutch free!!!