Ouch!

Wednesday was a cold, cloudy, WINDY, day. WINDsday as Pooh would say. It pretty much flurried off and on all day long. The wind was HOWLING about 4:30am Wednesday morning, and it was raining pretty hard. I could hear the driving rain pounding our bedroom window. Due to the way our house sits and weather usually flows around here, that was pretty unusual. When I went downstairs to let the dogs out, our side gate was open. That was how Petey got out one time before, so I am always careful to check the gate, especially when it's windy. So, I went down and shut it, let the dogs back in and went to work.

When I came home for lunch, the gate was open again. (It was windy!!) So, I went down to shut it. On my way back across the yard, I turned my ankle somehow and fell to the ground. I landed on my hands and knees. I got right up and went back inside. Other than a small grass stain on my jeans, I thought I was okay.

But, by mid afternoon, my foot and ankle started to hurt. I came home from work and it got worse fast! Brian was stuck at work, which is unusual for him. By 6pm, I couldn't even put my foot flat on the floor! I had it up on a pillow with ice on it. About 6:15pm I called Brian and told him I had to go to Urgent Care, my foot hurt so badly. So, he came home, we picked up Burger King for dinner on the way, and went to Urgent Care. We got there about 7:15pm. The doctor saw me, poked around my foot and sent me to x-ray.

Good news was that nothing was broken. But, since I couldn't even bear weight on it, I had to be put in a splint. Looks like I sprained my foot and ankle pretty good. So, they put a lovely splint on it, and told me to stay off of it for at least 24 hours and sent us on our way with a pair of crutches.

Thank goodness I had today off work (Veteran's Day). So, my plan of getting my Christmas shopping done was squashed. I have just taken it easy today, hobbling around the house on crutches. We have watched a movie and just taken it easy. I should be back on my foot tomorrow. It sure did make me realize how lucky I am to have all my limbs in tact and useable. I guess I had been taking that for granted!