I am back from my wonderful 3.5 week long gypsy road trip in which I logged a total of 5, 221 miles by going (from start to finish) through Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado (again), Kansas (again), Missouri, Illinois (again) and back home to Michigan. The trip went off without a hitch, other than the usual crazy weather extremes - everything from raging thunder and lightening storms (Colorado and New Mexico) to blazing over 100 degree weather (Arizona and Utah). I hiked, read lots of books, did a LOT of sightseeing, socialized, spontaneously went to concert in Aspen (Greg Allman), and spent, for me, a ridiculous amount of money but stayed pretty much within the trip budget.
So what happens when I get home? Yesterday in my zeal to get the car unloaded after living out of it for 3.5 weeks, and get the dirty laundry down to the basement, I was barefoot and missed the bottom step on my wooden staircase (I was carrying two baskets of laundry and my bowl of unfinished salad for lunch). My big left toe bent underneath me as I fell, my left knee smashed into something (the floor?) and my right shoulder blade caught the edge of the railing. My salad bowl went flying, spraying the remnants of my lunch all over and the laundry spilled out of the baskets. I lay there stunned and sniveling for a while, then finally made myself get up and inspect the damage. I knew right away my foot was messed up, so I hopped over to get ice from the freezer. After about 15 minutes I was pretty sure I needed to go to the doctor and dragged myself there and the x-ray confirmed that I broke my foot.
Yup, I broke my foot, or rather, the big toe near the base. I am waiting to get into see the orthopedic doctor to find out what to do next. Meanwhile, I am barely hobbling around on a set of old crutches I had in the basement. The rest of my body feels like I got pinned by a truck. I am very, very sore. Going back to work on Friday is out of the question at this point; I'll probably be off at least this week and next. At least I still have some PTO hours I didn't use up on my trip, and I also have short-term disability insurance through Wholefoods. Right now it is all up in the air and all I can do is rest, elevate and ice it.
I am not one for sitting around, especially in the summer! I have SO MUCH TO DO and SO MUCH I WANT TO DO!!!!! My house is a mess; dirty clothes and camping equipment are lying all over the place and I can't do anything about it. The garden is lush and desperately needs weeding and harvesting, my cat is still over at the cat sitters and I have to figure out how to get here back at my place. Argghhhhhhhh.....