Murphy’s an asshole, but sometimes he leaves a silver lining
So I got my Treo, which is actually how this is being posted 
My old phone just died on me so this purchase got bumped up in priority. Not that I’m complaining, I needed some bright spot.
Had the appointment with the podiatrist on Thursday and was told that essentially I “don’t have a foot, it’s a sack of meat with some bones floating around”. Lovely visual, no? Every bone in my foot, except the toes, is so severely out of place that it’s pretty much a guarantee that every ligament is torn. Because of the extent of the damage they will have to fuse the joint together which means losing some of the “balancing” function. Ladders and step stools will join stairs on my Evil Shit To Be Avoided list. Plus it means either one reeeaaallllyy long surgery or a minimum of two shorter ones, in addition to the one to take out the screws. I will be in a cast for at least two months, possibly up to four if I heal slowly. We did not schedule surgery as the swelling has not gone down sufficiently.
I got a new splint that weighs approximately one metric fuck ton (yes, it is my favorite expression for a great lot of weight. shut up.) which in turn has led to my overbalancing on the goddamned crutches and falling. Joyous. Wonder what that has done for the swelling? Guess I’ll find out on Thursday.
On the bright side, I do have the coolest gadget :em:ever:/em:. I still can’t quite believe someone’s not going to come knock on the door and pry it out of my hands because I just don’t need or deserve it. I am more in love with this cute little thing than I have ever been with any other gadget I’ve ever owned…and that’s saying something for a complete gadget whore 
It’s funny, I am not normally an early adopter, I know exactly how buggy shit is when it first comes out! This thing just got under my skin for some reason.
MrDanesi wins lifetime achievement points for Best Husband Award this and everything he did this past weekend. We had to do some major shopping for me since our row house is so far from handicap-accessible it’s really fucking scary. And yeah, it’s so not cool to think of my own self in those terms. I might be a lazy bitch but at least I could do stuff if I :em:wanted:/em: to! So, we had to get a bed to set up in the “craft” room (actually more of a craft stuff storage/guest room until now) since the only extra bed we had was an air mattress, plus do the regular shopping, all around GirlDanesi’s birthday date night with her boyfriend. Thankfully said boyfriend had access to a free wheelchair (belonged to a grandmother who has passed), which wins him major points from us (we actually really like him, wheelchair aside ). MrDanesi pushed my fat ass all over :sa:, :wally:, and a mall whose designers very obviously think if you don’t have two functioning legs you don’t have money, either. Fuckers didn’t have easily accessible elevators and to get from the second floor to the third all they have is a long-ass, :em:carpeted:/em: slanted floor. Unreal. He pushed me up the whole damned thing.
Then he and the kids, boyfriend included, got to bring everything in. Wouldn’t have been too bad except we scored for an entire kids’ bedroom set at :sa: – twin bed (frame and mattress), small entertainment center-type thing, small six-drawer dresser, and small two-drawer night stand for $150! He had to make three trips to get it all :em:and:/em: be the one doing the majority of setting-up and supervising. He even washed my hair for me since I can’t yet get into and out of the tub/shower. All this on top of everything he has to do since I can’t and a hellaciously busy and demanding new job. The kids are a big help but still, mostly it falls on him. Especially the stress…
The upside for me is I now have a really great room! All my craft stuff has been in here for a while with the door closed to keep it away from curious kittehs, now I’m surrounded by it all It’s crowded and the table is mostly taken up by my computer but some organizing with the kids’ help will get me a great space to convalesce and not be bored out of my mind I’m actually kind of excited about it, all the creative possibilities.
…Wow, posting by phone is a tad time consuming LOL MrDanesi says this is the nerdiest thing he’s ever seen me do – I’m on the bed with my foot propped up typing this…my computer is literally maybe two feet from me but inaccessible until the pain pills kick in as I can’t sit at it. Hooray for technology and wonderful husbands!
(yes…it has almost killed the battery LOL)
