Owie, owie!

So, it took breaking my toe to force me to sit down to write? That makes me sound like one of my students.... Or I could say that I've been thinking about writing but not getting around to it.... That would be true but common and pathetic.

I guess I'm only motivated to blog when something, good or bad, has happened, and my event of late would be the three seconds it took to drop a newly-cut piece of hardy-board* on my toe, which resulted in stitches, lost toenail, and multiple fractures to my left big toe. Longer lasting and less exciting, I can't drive. Or walk any distance. Or get in the pool for at least two weeks. Or be exposed to excessive sunlight while on the antibiotic to prevent infection in the cut. Is this the Summer of the Vampire??

My podiatrist-guy was nice, willing to answer questions, didn't mind my taking photos of the (fairly disgusting looking) injury. So, photos follow -- aren't you excited?! (I can't find the cable I need and don't want to hobble upstairs, so I will have to post them later.)

I'm also using this enforced-idleness time to catch up with facebook and classmates activity and to plan ahead for fall courses, so it won't be a total loss. I have a big fat book to read (Mitchener's Caribbean, which I'm disappointed in so far) and lots of favorites to rereread. I found a reliable neighborhood youngster to walk my dog several times a week, so that's the important stuff taken care of.

More soon. Hopefully not b/c anything ELSE gets broken.

* "hardy-board" is a brand name, which I may be spelling incorrectly; it's a concrete-composite siding material, so the six-foot length of it I lost my grip on was heavy as &&insert expletive here&&

UPDATE, Friday July.... well, something. The days start to run together. I am definitely not good at being an invalid. It was MiraTech, not HardiBoard. Decking, not siding. Still heavy as sh*t. Deep cut not healed. No shower, no pool. Limited driving and walking.