Monday

It has been almost a week since I broke my foot, and it isn't hurting much anymore. I actually had a lot of time to rest it over the past several days--Wednesday I stayed home from teaching and classes because I was overwhelmed by the idea of trekking across a huge campus on crutches. It was actually good that I stayed in bed all day and elevated my foot. It only turned slightly green and swollen over the weekend--probably because of ice packs and elevation.

Thursday Sasha again complained of tooth pain up where he has 1 rotten wisdom tooth. He was supposed to get it pulled in March but he was terrified (needles make him green/almost pass out) so he put it off. I insisted that he go in for at least the consultation on Thursday, so we did that at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. Again, I avoided classes and teaching, kept my weight off my foot and then we drove to the Oral Surgeon. They took a look and decided to pull the tooth (along with another molar he's know for a while needs to go) ASAP. So, 7:45 am Friday we were there, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

Usually wisdom teeth are pulled with general anesthesia, but considering the fact that Sasha hates needles/I can't drive due to my broken foot/aircast; he did just local. Apparently, the molar was just fine but the wisdom tooth hurt really badly! Poor guy. But he dealt with it and by 8:30 we were on the road back home.

I didn't do so well getting around on crutches. I don't know if it was something related to getting tired, but I almost fainted in Safeway. So it really was a good thing that we laid low all weekend.

Since I wasn't sick in bed, but 'broken' in bed, I almost died of boredom. Thank god for live streaming of the Eurovision song contest (Yay, Norway!). It kept me entertained for all of Saturday and we got the Mp3s to listen to in the car. We drove around on Saturday for a bit so that we didn't get completely stir crazy. You see, we're pretty active people. We go for walks several times a week. We're always running somewhere, doing something. With a broken foot, I have lost a lot of independence. I am supposed to wear the cast for 2 months, which means 2 months without driving. Yeah, Sasha and I spend a lot of our time together and yeah, he drives me around a lot anyways, but now I can't run errands or do stuff when I need to.

Now it is Monday and I made it back to campus. UW has a 'dial a ride' bus that helps 'disabled' students get around. It was quick and easy to use--they'll soon be my new friends. I taught this afternoon and my students seem to have missed me. I'm tired, but I did all right. Tomorrow: class and teaching--we'll see how I do for a full day.