John was kind enough to trade cars with me yesterday and it is much appreciated. I'm really trying to be proactive about healing this crack. Stress fractures are tricky...unless you do something active and weight-bearing you can almost forget you have one. Every few hours it aches, or has shooting pain or swells, but for the most part it feels ok. I'm limiting my walking but I did make it out with my parents to be tourists yesterday. Check out my new look (with my stepmom in front of an Alabama artist's folk art piece at the American Art Museum and icing my foot):
When I'm not walking too far I try to just wear my Chacos. If you ever get a foot injury I highly recommend these sandals. They keep the foot strapped in, have a solid bottom and are rubbery so they can be easily rinsed off if you have sweaty summer feet. When John came over he told me about how he ran 8 miles that morning and I WAS SO JEALOUS! 6 days off and cabin fever has set in. Luckily, John and Lucy got me a subscription to the Economist (thanks John and Lucy!!) for my birthday so that will help keep me entertained.
I read 6 books in the last month or so and need to head out and pick up some more. Portland had the most amazing book store, Powells, and I wish I could go back. Here's a depressing run down of what I read:
I read 6 books in the last month or so and need to head out and pick up some more. Portland had the most amazing book store, Powells, and I wish I could go back. Here's a depressing run down of what I read:
- Executed on a Technicality (David Dow)
- Orange is the New Black (Piper Kerman)
- The Glass Castle (Jeanette Walls)
- The Autobiography of an Execution (David Dow)
- In the Place of Justice (Wilbert Rideau)
- The Big Short (Michael Lewis)
I think I'm going to try and find something less hopeless but I'm currently fascinated by the death penalty and prison so I doubt I will come up with happier reading choices.
I'd love to go cheer John on in his redemption half on Sunday but will be flying to Miami. He's going to do fantastic! My iphone tells me it will cool down by then and be decent running weather. Looks like even better weather for my wine pouring adventure on Saturday!
I thought DC was supposed to be less hot than Alabama and Atlanta but that doesn't seem to be the case. DC: awful winters, scary drivers and scorching hot summers. The south looks better and better every day :)
I wouldn't have thought DC would have that type of spring/summer! That's crazy! Does kind of seem like the worst of both worlds ;)
ReplyDeleteI hope you get better soon! I remember when I hurt my knee that I used to shoot daggers whenever I saw runners on the side of the road. But it'll just be sweeter when you get to be back out there! Rest up and do it right!