4 posts tagged “that which does not kill me”

Since I had this gift certificate to use at the yarn store, I decided to knit myself a shawl. I bought myself some beautiful yarn. Well they call it yarn but it may be left over fiber optic material or angel hair. The netting is holding the yarn together otherwise it will just slip into a clump.

Oooooo. Fun. This is the pattern I chose:

Lily of V

I have had only two classes so far and they have been royal pains in the arse. This is the same class that I subbed in on Wednesday. It is very nice of them to mix it up for me and have different kids test me today. The girls are the worst.

"What?!", "Why are you looking at me?" "So?" *eye roll*.

One girls told me that is just the way they talk. If that were my child...oh, fill in the blank, because that would not be my child! I forgot that 8th graders like to loud, confrontational, and snippy in front of a crowd. How could I have forgotten that? Guess they are just acting normal. Poo.

My only regret is that I am not going to be back her for a long time. Yes you read that right. It kills me to think that they may think they scared me off.

The next class will be in here soo. Then there is a planning period and finally two classes back-to-back. My bag will be packed and I may just beat them out the door.

I fell.

After typing that I was so tempted to just leave it at that.

Earlier this week I climbed into a small tree to hack prune its unruly stalks. No problem. Climbing is second nature to me being less than 5'2". My balance is great. My fall however had nothing to do with climbing. I stepped out the kitchen door to the landing that leads to the garage. To be honest with you I am not exactly sure how I got from point A to the garage floor. One second I was stepping down and the next thing I know I can feel my ankle just buckle. J was gathering her things and I was going to wait in the car for her. Poor thing. She did not know what to do. I sensed her panic right away. Well, I had screamed for her. Very calmly I told her to pick up my things and the I was going to crawl back into the house. That is exactly what happened. She calmly got me some ice, a whole tray of ice. My ankle hurt but somehow I knew that I would be able to rotate it. It hurt a bit but nothing that was sending me to the hospital. Then I got up and put some weight on it. Not fun but ok. So being stubborn, we went to the store. J drove while I iced. Half way into the store I realize that I probably should not be there. 

I have taken nsaids and am doing the RICE thing. The swelling is minimal as is the pain. It does feel better when I am not standing on it or moving it certain ways. My main concern right now is church. Tomorrow I am supposed to play the chimes. Not a big problem but the circular staircase to the balcony could be interesting.

After my morning entry I went to the Y to work out. The run really cleared my head. I know that I need that in my life. Not only that going to the Y and seeing so many people that I knew really made me feel comfortable. Seriously, I had the Cheer's theme running through my head.

My doctor prescribed a NSAID for my Wii elbow. Her choice for me was Naproxen. She felt that the over the counter variety was not enough. It took a while for me to realize that it was upsetting my stomach. Then I decided to just deal with it. I continued to take it and made sure that I ate something even if I was not hungry. Today I bottomed out; nausea (think morning sickness where you don't puke but really wish you could), heartburn, fatigue, headache, stomach pain. Lucky for me the fourth grade class I was subbing in was awesome. I called the doctor's office in the afternoon to let them know that it was making me sick. By the time I got the kids on the bus I was almost in tears. I made it home without having to pull over. Mind you, this is a 8 minute trip.

When I got home I was a mess. J took care of me, made me toast, ran interference with my mom, etc. Thing 2 was a bit freaked, but he came and laid down with me and held me. I am so blessed.

Now I am counting down the minutes until the medicine wears off. It is getting close. My elbow hurts, but my stomach is still upset.

On a funny note, I was reading off the side effects and two were constipation and diarrhea. J said, "Both? At the same time?" I told her that I think it is either or. She said, "Oh, I was trying to figure out how that would work. 'Oooo. Oh No!'" She then apologized for making me laugh.

I will be crawling into bed soon and trying to sleep off the rest of the medicine.