Down for the Count

In just a split second, all your plans for the day, the week, and the month can be drastically altered. At 8:00 AM yesterday, I missed the bottom step in my home and came crashing to the floor. A doctor's appointment and X-rays at the hospital diagnosed that I had a bad ankle sprain. Here are the problems caused by this event:

• I cannot walk on my foot and must keep it elevated and iced.
• I am in moderate pain but hate pain medication.
• I have 4 kids.
• I am totally awkward with crutches.
• My arms are totally sore from trying to learn how to use crutches.
• Christmas is in 11 days and I am not ready.
• My house is growing messier by the moment.
• I have a party at my house on Monday with 20 teenage girls.
• I am supposed to prepare a good amount of food for this party.
• My husband is totally occupied with a busy schedule at work and I'm practically a single parent.
• And worst of all, the homemade Christmas cookies have run out and I can't do anything about it.
• Also, my mom and I make nutroll each Christmas and I don't see how in the world that's possible this year.

But I try to see my glass as half-full.

• I have a legitimate reason to be completely lazy with no guilt attached.
• My mother took off work to watch Baby Girl.
• Homemade meals are being brought in.
• It's too cold to go out anywhere anyway.
• I can probably finish my Christmas shopping online.
• I am getting caught up on my television watching.
• I can probably wrap presents with my foot elevated.
• I have a beautiful snowy landscape out my window to admire.

So blog posts may be few and far between. I'm not going anywhere, doing anything, or taking any pictures. I'm not baking anything or trying new recipes. To put it frankly, I'm pretty much a bore right now. So keep me in your thoughts. I hope to return soon with exciting adventures, stories, and photos to share. Merry Christmas!
Love,
Gimpy