Crooked Foot

I've determined that when my foot was "relocated" from its dislocated position, it was positioned crooked. I've noticed for some time that in a normal standing position, my right foot angles ever so slightly to the right. Tonight at the gym I noticed that I have a big gap between my big toe and the next one. The spacing is just not there on the left foot. If you look at the picture to the right from when I first got back to being on my feet - you can you see that there is a larger space. At the time I figured it was due to swelling. Now I'm not so sure. My toes don't seem to lay as flat on the ground as my left ones.

Of course this is probably all in my head, but it sure seems like my right foot just wasn't screwed on right. ;)

Side note: I just saw an advertisement for Kid Nation that is a "reality" show starting in September. It's been in the news recently for talk about it being harmful to the kids, etc. The premise is that they put this group of kids together and they form their own town, government, rules, etc. No parents involved. The main person complaining is the parent of one of the kids. I guess there were a few dangerous situations - ingesting of bleach being one of them. I'm sorry, but what did the parents expect when they signed their kid up for this. They obviously wanted their kid to have 15 minutes of fame. I'm not saying that they don't have a right to complain. Bleach is pretty serious - thankfully no one was hurt. The entire premise is ridiculous! Anyhoo...

15,000 Miles - in 9 Months!

Little Red - my 2007 Honda Civic - hit 15,000 miles yesterday. Very sad. I bought the car on October 30th and it had 8 miles on it at the time. Granted I drove it almost 1,000 miles in the first 2 days. I bought it in Louisville, KY and so that took a number of miles to get home.

When I put 60 miles on it each day driving to and from work what else can I expect?? The good thing is that it gets pretty nice gas mileage so at least I can be happy with that. It's still in great shape and fun to drive.

Here's to hoping that the odometer starts slowing down a little!

Fantasy Football Newbie

My next venture will be trying out fantasy football this fall. My nephew Chad has a league he runs through espn and he invited me to be in it this year. I thought about it and decided - sure why not?

So I committed to it and then looked at all of the information on espn's website. Am I nuts? It looks to be pretty complicated and intense. Our draft is coming up soon, so I guess I need to start thinking about players.

I found myself listening to the local sports station in the car today - they have an entire program around fantasy football. I picked up a few pointers - none of which I'll share as there are others in the league who may occasionally look at this blog.

Feel free to pass along any helpful hints if you're a fantasy football expert!

Over 5 Months Since the Fall

I'm sure everyone is interested to know how the old ankle is holding up these days. Suffice it to say - better than 5 months ago! I almost feel like I can do everything I used to do without much pain. The swelling around the ankle continues to be present, but it's not as big at least.

This week I've been in more pain in the evenings. It's hot and humid - wonder if that's the problem. The other thought is that I'm now not "babying" it as much and so maybe I'm just using it more. I've iced it a number of times and even used a foot massager that we bought recently.

I was talking to a co-worker the other day about how it still occasionally causes me trouble. Her response was one of surprise. She had broken something too in the past (not anything that she walks with by the way) and was surprised that it was still bothering me. Made me wonder if I was healing slow, but then someone else pointed out to me that she probably didn't have a plate and 8 screws to repair the break either. Point well taken!

Anyway, I'm healing and getting around much better. Still have the pain occasionally, but all in all - getting around much better than last March.

Thanks for reading!

Catching Up

I've been MIA for the last couple of weeks. I've been on vacation and busy with work getting ready for vacation.

To get caught up....

Steve and I met up with his family at Fair Hills Resort a couple of weeks ago. Steve vacationed there when he was younger and he hadn't been back in a very long time. It was great to finally experience it firsthand instead of just hearing the stories. The resort sits on a lake and is very peaceful. It really would be a great place to be for a week. We only were there for a day or two.

I worked for a couple of days after Fair Hills. Then headed to Illinois for a week with the family. I saw a ton of people while I was in Illinois. My sister and her kids came for a visit. My sisters, their families, and my parents and I went to my mom's hometown for a bit of a family reunion. My mom's from a big family and our reunion included my mom, her brother, her sister, 2 sisters-in-laws, and lots of cousins. There were about 45 of us there and that was probably about half of what could have been had everyone been there. It was a lot of fun.

My parents and I took a day trip to Springfield, IL and visited a few of the Lincoln sites. We went to the relatively new Lincoln museum, Lincoln's tomb (not so new), and New Salem. I probably hadn't been to New Salem since 4th grade - a number of years ago! I would highly recommend visiting any of the sites. The Lincoln museum was very cool and definitely worth the time to go over there.

I had fun seeing the nieces and nephews while I was down there. My sisters, nieces and I went to see Hairspray while I was there - very cute movie. I also saw my nephew pitch in a tournament game (sadly they lost, but not because of his pitching!). I went swimming with my sister and niece and got together with Steve's sister and family for my favorite - Custard Cup!

All in all it was a nice summer vacation.

Now I'm back home and we are finally getting some much needed rain. Our grass hasn't been mowed for probably over a month. We are majorly lacking in moisture.

Sad news out of Minneapolis with the bridge collapse. It's been nice seeing how the community is pulling together and supporting each other.

On another sad note, my 2nd grade teacher passed away last week after a battle with cancer. She was one of the reasons I originally wanted to teach. She was one of my favorite teachers. I remember her as a beautiful, young teacher who was kind to everyone. She'll be missed!