21 more days to go

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And then this cast will come off. I’m allowed to put some weight on my foot starting this weekend. About 10 kilos they told me. Which part of me is about 10 kilos?
A few days after I got this cast I started on a new shawl. It’s the Ancient Woodland Shawl (Ravelry link). I’ve done a little more than half so it’s going pretty good. A plus about working at home is that every time I have to wait for my computer to respond I can sneak a few stitches. And I have an excellent travel time. If I shove my chair really hard it takes me about 15 seconds to get from the table to my couch. Normally it takes me about 30 minutes to get home.

Now it’s purple

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I went to the hospital this morning and was told that I have a Jones fracture and will need a cast on this foot for the next 5 weeks. For the next 2 weeks I’m not allowed to put any weight on the foot because of the location of the fracture. I could simply pull everything apart again.
At least I have a pretty cast now. I have some really neat green sockyarn that I’ll use to knit myself a big toe so my toes won’t get cold.
I also asked the people at work to bring some of the work over here so I can so something else besides knitting. I think I overdid it with the knitting since my left wrist hurts (not fun when you need crutches to move around).

That’s broken

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This past Monday I went down the stairs a bit too fast and forgot the last two steps. With a bang I came down on my left ankle. Sprained, no doubt about it. Yesterday it still hurt on the left side of the foot which isn’t consistent with a sprain. So off to the doctor I went, who squeezed my foot and sent me to the hospital to take x-rays. Picture taken and I was send on to first aid. Result: no walking for a week. Not really too bad, I have plenty to do while sitting down and not working for a week isn’t really that bad either. I’m actually getting pretty quick with my crutches. Only . . . how do I get my coffee to the couch? And my food?
Mom had a brilliant idea: use your desk chair it has wheels. So, since last night I move around the house on a chair.
Today I’m going to figure out how I can take a shower and try vacuuming sitting on the chair.

Update on the 100 balls challenge: so far I’ve used 19.3 balls of yarn with a total weight of 36.2 oz and a length of 3466.8 yards