As of late...

As everyone knows, I have cracked one of the bones in my foot.  So I'm stuck with a giant black boot, which is positively miserable.  (As a side note, I'm not talking about any of this for sympathy...just venting)

The great boot

Now, when I first got it I was thinking awesome I won't have to do anything around the house...it's like a mini vacation from life.  No...no, no, no how wrong was I.  First, at my job I'm in charge of shipping.  That means 50 pound paddle boards along with skis and snowboards.  And hobbling around with this joy of a contraption is a pain.  Plain and simple.  I'm thrown off balance constantly and it just makes it all harder.  Then the following day, if I push myself too much (ex. walking to the Real game) I'm in so much pain the next day I basically can't do anything.  It throws my back off, and my foot is throbbing.  So I'm stuck with either having to do nothing, or little things throughout the day.  I can't do nearly as much as I used too.  The final issue I'm having is running.  I've relied on running for everything throughout my life.  I started running when I was 14.  So when you have an outlet that you can rely on, and then it's taken away it's extremely frustrating.  I run when I'm having a good, bad, annoying, stressful, frustrating, sad, any kind of day I run.  Because I love to run.  And seeing how awesome Kerry is doing with her work outs is literally killing me.  I'm beyond jealous.  I had one of the best times I've had in a long time on my night leg in Ragnar (which I conveniently broke my foot on) and to have all that hard work and training go down the drain is beyond frustrating.  Also...boating, swimming, mountain biking, hiking, I can't do any of it for another 3 weeks.  I never really realized how active Evan and I are until we are talking about what we should do for the weekend and he is checking off things because I can't do 90% of it.  Speaking of Evan, he has been AWESOME throughout this whole thing.  Not only did he run my leg for me in Ragnar, but he has taken on a lot more jobs around the house for me.  He is cleaning and not saying a word about it (I'm sure if it was vice versa I would be complaining a lot)  Basically he has been beyond understanding and listens to me complain about how annoyed I am with my body and my out of control back pain.  He has helped with anything he can and let's me sit so I'm not moving as much.  So thank you Evan, I know I say it everyday but you have been truly amazing.

One major positive out of this whole ordeal is my sister and her husband.  They both are doctors so I know I can call them with the weirdest questions possible.  They normally just laugh at me, and then give me the best answer they can.  It's just a good feeling when I'm having a rough time knowing I can rely on them and they take the time out of their CRAZY schedules to help me out.  Plus I hate taking pain pills because things like that shouldn't be in your body..plain and simple.  So having to finally cave and take something is another issue for me.  I don't like it.

Trust me, I know things could be worse.  And I know I only have this for another 3 1/2 weeks.  So I'm trying to make the best out of the situation, I'm just frustrated with the situation right now.  Thank you to all my friends and family with the kind texts and everyone being so sweet.  I really am thankful for everyone in my life.

In other news, Evan is at Mt. Hood right now testing RAMP's new ski line.  It was funny, he was like a kid on Christmas last night he was so excited.  It's been really exciting being apart of a start up company and seeing it grow and change.  It's been hardwork, long days and hours but the group I work with everyone puts in 110% so it makes it all worth it in the end.  Nothing else has been going on, we have almost finished all our home improvements...a whole 6 months before we can put our home on the market.  Now let's just hope it sells when we do put it up.  YAY!