injuries and resilience
Feb. 19th, 2025 10:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serafaeryugh what a bunch of drama. Today started off so well. But Joshter injured his leg at racquetball and I had to run and go buy him a set of crutches before the drug store closed - this was something I had mentioned that we should just own anyway, just a week or two ago, so kind of funny timing, but anyway. I got home and adjusted them for him and he is crutching around fine, now. But he can't weight his dominant (left) leg at all.
I drew him a peppermint epsom salt bath (thank you, past me for cleaning the tub recently) and since he was a bit preoccupied with the whole not being able to walk thing, he left the door to his bedroom open and Avalanche pulled down his spider plant and broke the pot. So while Josh soaked in the bath for half an hour, I went and got a large pot and potting soil out of storage and re-potted his plant and swept and threw away the dirt and broken pot bits that were all over the floor. Avalanche was put in time out in my room for the half an hour Josh was in the bath, between the candles I lit for him and trying to clean up her mess, I didn't want to try to keep track of her at all until everything was fixed. She only cried once.
That spider plant is going to get huge in its new giant pot, lol.
All better now finally but jeez. There is not enough tea in the world. My head hurts.
I think I might be finished with inventory, which is the hardest part of my taxes. Almost there. Just a few odds and ends to tie up and I can start researching which software to use. Josh will help me.
Our Joshua Tree trip is Saturday. Our activities are going to be wildly different. I may make reservations at the fancy restaurant afterall - we were going to forego it for walking around the area instead, at the Palm Springs aerial tram thingie, but uh, might be nice to be able to sit, lol.
Poor thing.
Finally managed to dye my hair this morning, and shower, things I was way behind on, did some silks, did some work, and got a fair amount of progress made on my taxes. Despite the pouring rain it was a really fun, productive day in a lot of ways.
I am glad that we simply own a set of crutches, now. I don't know why I didn't just buy them for myself when I hurt my foot two years ago and couldn't walk, that was such a horrible day, trying to find a pair to borrow, it seemed too extravagant to spend $60 on a set of crutches I only intended to use four or five days maximum. In retrospect, what was I thinking? I was in so much agony and just wanted to be able to walk, totally worth the money to just get them. sigh. I know better now, at least, and Josh can reap the benefits of me learning from my mistakes.
His mom is in the hospital and he's so stressed about it, her back pain has become unmanageable and she has opted for a questionable surgical procedure and we are all nervous. I am hoping that I can go over to her place to keep her company while she is recovering, if she wants to teach me Mahjong. Since I loved Rummikub I imagine I will love this game, too, as it's also tiles and the same general concept, but slightly more complicated. I think I'll enjoy the Chinese symbols and the fact that it changes every year. With the Chinese new year I bet?
Where is my tea. My head is throbbing. I absolutely love this tea, though, I am so happy to have been gifted it by a customer a couple of christmases ago. I am a lucky fairy, in the grand scheme of things.
(It is called Mama Dragon and it is by Dryad Tea, it is a very simple blend of licorice root, spearmint, and peppermint, and it is perfection.)
What a magical life I have led, so far. What fun I've been able to discover and create. I am glad to be able to be of some help to my husband when he is injured. Maybe I'll make him some comfort pizza tomorrow.
I shared a little bit of my hand-whipped whipped cream with Avalanche earlier, I make this for my tea in the evenings sometimes. She tasted it curiously, and then purred while she licked it off the spoon. Soooooo cute.
I drew him a peppermint epsom salt bath (thank you, past me for cleaning the tub recently) and since he was a bit preoccupied with the whole not being able to walk thing, he left the door to his bedroom open and Avalanche pulled down his spider plant and broke the pot. So while Josh soaked in the bath for half an hour, I went and got a large pot and potting soil out of storage and re-potted his plant and swept and threw away the dirt and broken pot bits that were all over the floor. Avalanche was put in time out in my room for the half an hour Josh was in the bath, between the candles I lit for him and trying to clean up her mess, I didn't want to try to keep track of her at all until everything was fixed. She only cried once.
That spider plant is going to get huge in its new giant pot, lol.
All better now finally but jeez. There is not enough tea in the world. My head hurts.
I think I might be finished with inventory, which is the hardest part of my taxes. Almost there. Just a few odds and ends to tie up and I can start researching which software to use. Josh will help me.
Our Joshua Tree trip is Saturday. Our activities are going to be wildly different. I may make reservations at the fancy restaurant afterall - we were going to forego it for walking around the area instead, at the Palm Springs aerial tram thingie, but uh, might be nice to be able to sit, lol.
Poor thing.
Finally managed to dye my hair this morning, and shower, things I was way behind on, did some silks, did some work, and got a fair amount of progress made on my taxes. Despite the pouring rain it was a really fun, productive day in a lot of ways.
I am glad that we simply own a set of crutches, now. I don't know why I didn't just buy them for myself when I hurt my foot two years ago and couldn't walk, that was such a horrible day, trying to find a pair to borrow, it seemed too extravagant to spend $60 on a set of crutches I only intended to use four or five days maximum. In retrospect, what was I thinking? I was in so much agony and just wanted to be able to walk, totally worth the money to just get them. sigh. I know better now, at least, and Josh can reap the benefits of me learning from my mistakes.
His mom is in the hospital and he's so stressed about it, her back pain has become unmanageable and she has opted for a questionable surgical procedure and we are all nervous. I am hoping that I can go over to her place to keep her company while she is recovering, if she wants to teach me Mahjong. Since I loved Rummikub I imagine I will love this game, too, as it's also tiles and the same general concept, but slightly more complicated. I think I'll enjoy the Chinese symbols and the fact that it changes every year. With the Chinese new year I bet?
Where is my tea. My head is throbbing. I absolutely love this tea, though, I am so happy to have been gifted it by a customer a couple of christmases ago. I am a lucky fairy, in the grand scheme of things.
(It is called Mama Dragon and it is by Dryad Tea, it is a very simple blend of licorice root, spearmint, and peppermint, and it is perfection.)
What a magical life I have led, so far. What fun I've been able to discover and create. I am glad to be able to be of some help to my husband when he is injured. Maybe I'll make him some comfort pizza tomorrow.
I shared a little bit of my hand-whipped whipped cream with Avalanche earlier, I make this for my tea in the evenings sometimes. She tasted it curiously, and then purred while she licked it off the spoon. Soooooo cute.
