Had to share these adorable shoes. Found them the other day at DSW - as close to flip flops as I can get for work and to deal with gimp leg. I must add quickly that DSW is WOW! I walked in and saw tons and tons of really awesome shoes. I started to sweat and breathe hard. I went for one pair of shoes for daughter's ball and left with 3 pairs of shoes for ME and two pairs for her, including the dress shoes as planned. Tsk Tsk Tsk.


Daughter's black tie ball was yesterday. As part of the preparation she and I spent about 3 hours at the hair salon beginning at 10:00 a.m. By 1:00 I was so sick of that place I could puke.

But her hair and brows were perfect.

I saved money and did her nails myself.

Her date (driven by his parents, of course) arrived to pick her up, holding her corsage. It was awfully cute and sweet, but the reality of seeing my little girl so grown up was overwhelming. How does it happen so quickly?

In other news I had my second physical therapy appointment this morning. I've been very cooperative and compliant and have faithfully performed all exercises. Unfortunately I had to admit to her that I had simply forgotten that I'm supposed to ice both knees every day for 6 minutes. I guess if they aren't swollen and painful I don't think about ice ?? Anyway she added two more exercises and taped my knees like she did last week. It's quite an interesting feeling having your kneecaps physically moved from their usual resting place and held in a new place with tape.

Veddy inteddesting indeed.

I'm really really starting to get sick of this stupid air cast now. I'm sick of being slow and cumbersome. I'm sick of being crooked - whether or not I wear shoes; the height of the boot is impossible to match perfectly, leaving me no choice but to walk as though I have a serious physical disability whereby one leg is shorter than the other. What if this affects my natural gait or my hips or my back or or or... And I can't exercise! I'm scared shitless of gaining weight because my physical activity has had to screech to a halt. I'm actually dieting, which I've really never done (other than some diet modifications this year when I began to watch my sodium intake). I'm hating this. I'm really hating this.

DIET = "DIE" + "T"