Heel, Meet Head
Apparently I should use a laundry basket instead of kicking a bundle of dirty sheets down the stairs. Somehow my foot went behind me, I started sliding down the stairs, the leg was pulled up behind me and I think my heel ended up touching my head. I only slid down about six steps, but it was enough to leave me screaming and in pain. I thought I was going to end up pitching over head first and flying down the stairs, so I’m thankful that didn’t happen!
I’m pretty sore right now. I took some ibuprofen, but am wondering if I should break into my stash of prescription pain killer from my surgery this spring. It would be nice to zone out of the world for a few hours.
I think I’ll be ok, but my Kindle ended up under my butt. The screen is dead. Bah. I talked to Amazon tech support and I’ll be getting a new one at a discounted price (I have to send this one back in). I’m glad to get a new one, but was not pleased at the options. I could either get a Kindle Touch which I refuse to have. I have a hard time making touch devices function. Every time I try to read with Mike’s Nook it ends up freezing on me, esp if I use it at the gym (the main place I read). Danged sweaty fingers.
I was able to get one with buttons, but it does not have a built in keyboard like my current Kindle. I guess I’ll survive. I only use the keyboard to search for new books. I suppose in a worse case scenario I can buy books from my computer and put them onto the Kindle account.
In completely unrelated news: my mom called and is going to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with us. I hope it works out. I will be beyond pissed if she has to leave early and completely disappoints Erik.
If she really does stay that long we’ll be able to attend Mike’s Christmas party with no problems. I haven’t been to one in several years b/c we never can find a babysitter. Or someone is sick. Not looking forward to all the winter crud that seems to keep us homebound.
bethany actually said,
September 9, 2012 @ 11:30 pm
OUCH. I hope you’re feeling better! Take calcium and magnesium, if you don’t already! If you do, take extra! You can buy vitamins that are calcium and magnesium together in many places; I like the ones at Trader Joes that are sold in a green food base, along with (I think) vitamin D, which helps your body absorb the calcium. They REALLY help with sore and pulled muscles. My mom used to have chronic minor back pain, and then someone told her about cal/mags and she started taking them daily, and her back pain basically went away completely. It always helps me (when I remember) after I’ve pulled a muscle or something, too.
The good news is that your kids are getting older, and you won’t have to deal with the horrible winter crud in the same way you have in the past. 🙂 Fingers crossed!