Friday, December 19, 2008

What Comes Around

Sandy here:

Since last Sunday, we've been receiving snow here in Durango. Not enough to shut down the town, but certainly enough to make things messy and a bit stressful. On top of that our ginormous Land Cruiser broke down on Saturday (that's another blog post altogether) so it has been in the shop, and we became a one car family. I'm also getting huger and huger. I'm the size of a post 9 month pregnant woman (no wonder it's hard to move around!) and I'm probably carrying somewhere between 7 - 8 pounds of baby already (we'll find out for sure at our ultrasound appointment next week). As a result of all this hugeness, I've been put on "minimum walking, minimum stairs"--not bedrest, but my marathon training has been put on hold.

As some of you may recall, I started out the New Year with a broken femur. The repercussions of which were: I had to be driven everywhere, it was hard for me to move around the house--carrying things and bending down were out of the question, I was on minimum outside walking because there was so much ice and snow outside it wasn't safe, I couldn't help shovel snow. I spent a lot of time on the couch watching movies.

Now that the end of the year is here, I am ending the year by: Having to be driven everywhere (since we're down to one small car, I'm too large to comfortably fit behind the wheel), moving minimally around the house--thinking carefully before I bend down or pick things up, walking minimally outside because of all the ice and snow out there, and letting Doug shovel snow because I can't really exert myself like that right now. I spend a lot of time on the couch watching movies to help my swollen ankles.

Ah, the irony.

4 comments:

Sandy and Doug said...

My life seems somewhat similar as well. Drive Sandy around, cook meals, wash dishes, clean house, tell Sandy its okay that she can't really help, etc...

No wonder we're behind on X-mas decorating.

-Doug.

Heather Marie said...

Hang in there you guys. You're almost there...

Scott said...

btw - did I mention I went to the Med for lunch today? ah - the irony...

we'll be there next week ready to take care of everything for christmas. Do they take credit at the rec center?

Sandy and Doug said...

Yes, and we take credit here as well at the M&C B&B...

Did I mention I got to have Kobe beef last night? Hand massaged cows are the best!