Flashback: South Bend

On a recent trip to Fox Lake I was able to stop in South Bend and visit with my cousin, her husband, and her adoreable spoiled monkey girl!  It was a nice breaking point since it is still a bit of a haul to FL from PGH.  I was given the tour of their new house -- absolutely beautiful!!  We also took a trip to the South Bend Zoo, enjoyed a delcious dinner, and watched the beginning of the ND game before I headed onwards to the greater Fox Lake Area.  I look forward to getting to come for a real visit!!

Kudos

Need to give David a special shout out.  While my arm is on the upswing, he has been beyond helpful up to this point -- driving me to doctor's appointments, taking me grocery shopping, picking me up and taking me to dinner so i didn't have to cook, walking the dogs.  He certainly earned boyfriend of the year status :)

Engineering Free Time

Our group had our Christmas party at the Division Chief's house this weekend.  He's a Handy Andy.  He suggested we go downstairs to the basement and set up a game.  Life Size Jenga is not what I expected!

Thanks to David for the sharing this video he took. 

Great News!

I went to the doctor this morning.  After reviewing my MRI he says I defintiely did not break or tear anything.  I just bruised the bone (contusion) and have some fluid in the joint.  However, he says the bruise is good enough that I'm lucky I didn't break it -- apparently I was close to breaking it.  In other news, it has seemed to be getting slightly better over the last few days.  I'm still in some discomfort but have been a lot more mobile and am using the arm more now.

So the current treatment plan is to work through it and let it heal for a couple more weeks.  If I'm not seeing any more improvement or get plateaued I'll go back for a steroid shot; however, for now I'm chosing to be drug free and try the time thing.

BTW.. for those who might not know, the day after my birthday I fell while walking the dogs.  As in they pulled and I feel down in the middle of the street, directly onto my arm.  It was pretty painful and I couldn't lift my arm over  my head -- at first i couldn't really move it much at all.  Driving was out.  Washing hair was out.  It was rough.  But now things are looking up -- and you know that my year is pretty much only going to get better rather than worse.

Happy Friday!

Snow

Snow.  We've got a bit!
Not much else to share. Still gimpy with a half an arm. Will be for a while. Avoiding snow driving with gimpy arm -- makes for quiet times. Thank God for public transportation!

Monday Laugh

Ok, so I'm not up to date with the blog -- dont' have much to say.  however, if you want to laugh check out this AMAZING recipe from Rachel Ray.  It is totally helpful.  more importantly look at the comments and reviews and you will Crack Up!