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[winterbadger]

Dammit!

I was off to my sister's for the weekend. Late, of course, because I fell asleep in the afternoon when I meant to be doing some pre-trip errands, went off to do them and wasted an hour on one because the shop closes at 1pm on Saturdays (!!??) Hurrying to get my stuff in the car for the 3-hour drive, I trip on the front steps, spill all the presents I was taking my sister and nephews, and wrench my ankle. It hurts, but I get  in the car and try driving anyway. After half an hour, I realise that there's no way I can drive for three hours--it's either a sprain or a bad strain. Turn around, and of course it now takes me nearly an hour to get home because there's some godawful jam on 95. Bloody hell.

The cats are being very solicitous, but every once in a while they insist on stepping on the ankle, which hurts like hell. They look very offended when I shout.

I'm beginning to feel snake-bitten about travel.

Comments

[tysolna]

Stabilise it, either with thick socks or a bandage. Ice pack and pain killers, and a doctor if it doesn't get better. We need our feet. Hope the pain will soon be gone, even if the frustration of a weekend plan falling through doesn't. Can you go to your sister's next weekend?

[winterbadger]

Yep, I'm wrapping it up (but not for too long at a stretch), icing it every so often, and keeping it elevated (with or without cats :-). I'm set to see them again at Thanksgiving, so it won't be too long.

[shy-kat.livejournal.com]

Ow! Poor you--take care of yourself!

[winterbadger]

Thanks, Miss Mel!

[shy-kat.livejournal.com]

Need a crutch? We have one around.

[winterbadger]

Thanks, but I'm doing OK with one of my hiking poles. I mostly just need something to take my weight when I walk around. Which I'm trying not to do much. :-)

Now, if you had a spare half gallon of milk lying around... :-)

[shy-kat.livejournal.com]

We can come over and bring groceries if you need it. No problem. Just give us a call. We're happy to help--I can always sympathize about a busted ankle.

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

ouch :0( what a shame. Keep that ankle up and rest it away from cats

[winterbadger]

Thanks! The cats took good care of me. :-)

[gr-c17.livejournal.com]

Shit. Sorry to hear man. Also sorry I did not check LJ sooner, I didn't do anything Sunday that could have waited, or been done in your basement. Take care.

[winterbadger]

Thanks, mate! No worries. I ended up couch-surfing the whole time and caught up on some films I had been meaning to watch but hadn't yet (incl. Sean Bean in Bravo Two Zero).

The grrls came over yesterday, brought me some groceries and generously ate a rather grim meal I prepared fro them. :-) And watched Topsy-Turvy with me, which I had forgotten how much I love for its total immersion in GilbertSullivaniana...

All the resting up helped, as the ankle is only a little hurty today. Thank goodness, as I had my usual 10-15 minute walk fromt eh car to my desk...

[gr-c17.livejournal.com]

Sounds like some fun anyway. How was Bravo Two Zero? It keeps showing up on my Netflix but I pass it by for sme reason.

[winterbadger]

It's good, IMO. Very faithful to his memoir (McNab helped write the screenplay). Gritty and unpleasant in places, but interesting nonetheless. I have it on DVD too, if you ever feel like watching it and don't have Netflix available. It's more like a BBC docudrama than a film (mediocre film values, but all the military gear and the tactics looked genuine, so I'm guessing they may have gotten a hand from Hereford in making it--maybe.)

Ironically, I also have a DVD of Beowulf and Grendel, which we watched the other week. I must have bouht it at one of Safeway's frequent "DVDs for $7 or $9" sales and promptly forgotten. Found it when I was trolling my shelf for things to watch.