Today’s word is: traffic

Today I am thankful for: orange juice

This weekend Lily, my cousin Math and his wife Jana’s daughter, was christened.

Lily was named for my grandmother, Lillian. She also wore my grandmother’s christening gown, which was made by my great-grandmother Sophia.

Math, Grandmom, Lily

Math, Grandmom, Lily, Jana

Jana & Lily

Lily & Jana’s father

Unfortunate events, though potentially a source of anger and despair, have equal potential to be a source of spiritual growth.
— Dalai Lama

Today’s edition of word association is sponsored by the drunken louts who crashed into my yard and exploded my fence.

Today’s word is: brown

This is what we discovered this morning when we left for work.

Michelle: Is it even physically possible for you to be any lazier, Kit?
Michael: I’m glad you said Kit, because I wasn’t sure which one of us you were talking to.

In light of finally looking at the various films of my ankle, today’s word is: X-Ray

$30 for the CD, and it was totally worth it.

Top three x-rays were from May 14th, the day I broke my ankle.

Bottom two images were from July 30th, 11 weeks after the break.

No wonder my ankle still aches–guess I still do have a broken ankle.

Sadly, I was using my PowerShot and not my Rebel, so very few of the pictures turned out, as I was trying not to use the flash. Bah Humbug.

The pictures I took with my phone actually turned out better, which seems extremely wrong.

So serious!

Much better!

Yup, it’s been twelve weeks since I broke my ankle.

Hard to believe, really, especially considering everything that has happened in the interim.

I had a big ugly cast, then I had ugly stitches. Then I got an awesome boot to go with the ugly brace.

I got the stitches out, and was briefly held together with tape. Then I went to no tape, but still no walking.

Then I was able to walk, had PT, finished with PT, and finally started to get on with my life again.

And that’s how things look today. Somewhat depressingly, the swelling hardly seems less than before I started walking, however, these pictures were taken at the end of the day, and after a hot shower, so the swelling isn’t quite that bad normally.

The swelling and acheyness will be with me for at least six more months, but there are times when I manage to forget I have a broken ankle (since I had a visible fracture last week, I do believe it can still be considered broken).

Mostly, however, I’m grateful that I am recovering so quickly, and have such wonderful friends and family to support me.

Oh it is one of those weeks again. So today’s word is: OOGIE