Still Healing

My Jones fracture is improving. The doctor says I can now begin the process of bearing weight on my foot. I was a bit disappointed. I really, really wanted to ditch the crutches, but since this fracture often requires surgery, I'm resigned to following doctor's order for a couple more weeks.

January Misses

Broken bones often lead to missing things. This month, I missed out on laser tag and road race I was supposed to do. Other things have just bounced right along with some minimal adjusting. Each morning, until today, I have climbed the stairs to my car and headed off to work. My students have been most helpful. They really are wonderful individuals who sometimes don't form such wonderful group relationships.

Today everything just sort of caught up with me. I woke up feeling lousy and still did my morning routine with the intention of leaving for work at my usual time. I don't miss work! Then there was the mad dash back to the bathroom (on crutches) and I knew I wasn't going to work. I can't remember the last time I called in sick to work. I've used sick leave for doctor appointments, and last spring I went home early, but a full sick day is not something I normally do. And on top of feeling bad about calling in late, I had to talk my sub (who is awesome!) through where I'd hidden everything because I had planned on being at work.

I hate being sick. :(

January 1 Ennui

Usually on this day I jot down some goals. I'm just not there this year. I think part of the problem is that I'm feeling hampered by this broken foot and I'm bored. January usually inspires me to start things, but the lack of mobility makes it really, really hard to start anything. So, if you're looking for my goals for 2013, check back later in the month, or even February. Maybe things will be flowing by then.

Goodbye 2012

Stole this from J.S.C. on FB. I don't know where she got it. 

You weren't a bad year. There were some really good times, some great trips and fun with family and friends. Looking back I didn't share as much of you with the blog as I did with 2011 and 2010. Sorry about that, but it felt as if I was really busy, but I didn't have much to say. I shared more with my scrapbook albums instead.

Looking ahead to 2013 (which begins in less than 90 minutes on the West Coast) I can hope for health and wisdom. Beginning the year with a broken foot seems to negate that first wish, but I look forward to ditching the crutches by the end of January. Wisdom takes many different forms. I have some tentative plans which, God willing, will come to fruition. If they don't, then....we'll see what 2014 brings.

Christmas

Here's a few photos from our holiday.

Christmas on Crutches

Yep. One last outing for a few last-minute things, trip over a curb and spend 3 hours in Urgent care yesterday. The final verdict after peering at the x-rays: a small fracture in my left foot. That means crutches for the next 4-6 weeks. It's not painful, but it's really, really inconvenient. I hated crutches 20 years ago, and I hate them now!

What I know to be true.....

Tonight I was blog surfing, and one link led me to another, and another and finally I found this:



Sarah Kay performed her spoken word poetry at the 2011 TED Conference. It's well worth the 18 minutes of watching time. But for those who don't wish to/or don't have time to watch, Sarah is a poet and a teacher. She assigns lists to her students, and those lists become poems.

So....This is what I know to be true right now:

Teaching middle school is hard.
I don't think I'm very good at it.
I'd go back to teaching high school in a heart beat.
Winter Break will be too short
January is a crappy month
I don't want to have a birthday in February.
I don't want to be "that" old.
Life has not gone according to plan
That makes me sad.
I'm working on acceptance.
Maybe someday I'll get there.