Katie and Alex came by to do laundry, eat pork stir fry which I had providentially cooked up that morning, and drink coffee, and Paul showed up to take me for a walk but was only too happy to take us all in his car, which involved much shovage and shrinkage on Katie’s part.
Somewhere in there the kitchen clock fell on my head and shattered, and I have a hummingbird egg on my head. Getting hit by a clock when you’re 56 just seems a little too on the nose, doncha think?
So we 4 went to the Quay, and walking like my pelvic girdle done come apart, and grateful for the prop of the stroller, I got 2 k in, and then, joy of joys, Paul treated Katie and I to the sopa de tortilla at the Quay (best soup that isn’t phở for many miles). Then I came home and I would have liked to have collapsed, but Alex was here so I sang to him and watched him career about in his Jolly Jumper (which was the reason the kitchen clock got dislodged, but oh well it’s still running although Jeff had to pull more glass out of it this morning.)
Church was okay. The speaker had wonderful things to say about feeling like an odd person out, but a man in the congregation kept talking and it was hard to hear what was going on sometimes. Also, the amount of tunage has dropped away to practically nothing, which is in my view somewhat farcical. I didn’t hang about for the soup lunch.
The xray result should be back soon. I have a note in to call the doc.
I have a rather troubling new symptom; the numb patch on the bottom of my foot more than doubled in size in the last twenty-four hours. This is the first time the paresthesia has gotten significantly worse since my initial recovery from the L5-s1 injury, and what really cheeses me off is that I have been making a tremendous effort to get more flexibility happening and my symptoms get worse. (I have been doing various exercises for my hips and back). FML, as the kids say.
If I keep being this fragile I have no idea what will happen come May when I’m expected to do childcare several days a week. I imagine I’ll adjust, but it’s a terrifying prospect that I might put my back out again. Also, it’s by no means settled where this childcare will happen….