so bored my head is going to explode. broke my ankle!!

[mopinko]

just walkin' along, putting the party keg in the car to get a refill. put my foot down, my ankle didn't hold, foot rolled, and snap.
i just got a shitty temp cast from the er. will get a good one on wed when i see the ortho.
in the meantime, i have tuckpointers here, tromping around my garden and making a god awful mess, and scaring the dogs. i can't really watch them, and it's driving me nuts. (they look fine, tho.)

the house is 3 stories, so i am hobbling up and down the stairs when i have to, tho i am mostly just dreaming about the food downstairs in the kitchen. i'm not even hungry, just f'ing bored.
i'm either flying around on crutches, waiting to crash and break something else, while my armpits scream, or sitting and sitting and sitting. halloween movies are good, at least.
can't decide between painkillers and beer.

AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHGHGGHHHGHHHHHGHGHGHGHHHH

[HopeHoops]

1. Hey, the oxycodone beats the fuck out of beer anytime.

[mopinko]

3. trouble is

i finished a 10 course of antibiotics the day this happened. i am kinda used to pain. not used to going without beer. and that keg did get a refill.

[RebelOne]

2. Know what you are going through.

I did that once. Had on a pair of platform pumps. Put my foot on a step, missed step, ankle twisted over the shoe and pop. I lived in a second story duplex and that was a bitch getting up and down those steps on crutches. Well, at least you know it is only temporary, but you have my sympathy, as I have been thorough it. Get well soon.

[elleng]

4. SOOOO SORRY, mop!

As to armpits, you may know this but just in case, LOWER crutches, DON'T rely on pits but on hands/arms.

:grouphug:

[mopinko]

9. yeah, wrists are sore, too.

shoulders, too. not good at this.

[elleng]

13. Not easy.

:(

[Arkansas Granny]

19. And put some cushions on those hand grips.

[dmr]

5. I had to Google 'tuckpointers'

:rofl:

Tromping around your garden, I thought this was a new dog breed! But then you said they were scaring the dogs.

So, I'm sitting here confused ... what animal, insect or contraption is tromping in your garden, making a mess, & scaring your dogs?

:rofl:

Hope you feel better, Mo. Stay off your feet, & have the kids make (order in) dinner.

[mopinko]

7. these are irish tuckpointers. you know, the redhaired ones.

:rofl:
yeah, chinese on the way. kids are all off on their own little haunts, mostly. did manage to hail one for an icebag and a beer glass.

[petronius]

6. Whatever. Did you get the keg filled yet?

:P

That totally sucks, sorry to hear it. (And I vote for beer.)

What's a tuckpointer? I could google it, but perhaps the 10 seconds spent telling me will elleviate a tiny bit of boredom... :)

[mopinko]

8. keg is filled with a nice malty bitter.

mmmmm. pain isn't that bad while i am not using it. since folks are arriving home, i can keep it up a little more for the rest of the night.

tuckpointers are masons, repairing the crumbling mortar on my 107 year old house. irish guys that i hired mostly because they have the same last name.

[petronius]

15. I hope these Irish guys came with references, and didn't just wander up the driveway

pointing out desperately needed repairs. :)

A malty bitter sounds great right about now: aside from the broken ankle and the home repairs, I'm kind of jealous! Have one for me, please... :beer:

[mopinko]

17. no, i found them working in the neighborhood.

and knew i needed the work done.

soon as i can get dh to fetch me another, i will lift a glass to you. hard to carry a full glass on crutches, and would hate to spill any. cuz i would slip in it and break the other one.

[sarge43]

10. Beer. Just keep drinking until people are standing over you asking,

"You OK lady?"

:hug:

[mopinko]

11. sounds like a plan!!

[struggle4progress]

12. ouch!

[Kali]

14. why decide BETWEEN?

:evilgrin:


and to show off, I know what pointing is, husband is a mason;-)

[mopinko]

18. hey, yeah, why?

i'm not gonna be using this liver much longer at this rate anyway!

[woo me with science]

16. Ohhhh so sorry.

That hurts. :(

Good luck for a speedy recovery.