small luxuries

march 30, 2011

do we all have unrealistic expectations for ourselves?  i thought it was completely legitimate to think that my cast would come off at 8:10 am on thursday and by noon I would be back at the gym.  not even close.

i did get my cast off and then sat there with what was left of my arm rested on a pillow until the very busy doctor came to review the xrays with me and send me on my way.  but it took a while and i thought i better get things moving so that i could get back to normal.  so, i put my elbow on the pillow and raised my arm up and tried to bend my wrist backwards.

the room started spinning, a feeling of nausea started and i felt really light headed.  the pain was really intense.  so i nicely let the nurse know that I might pass out and she laid me down, put a cool cloth on my head and told me to close my eyes.  please stop spinning i told my head.  after about 5 minutes and the tech's checking on me every 10 seconds, i sat up again.  feeling a little less optimistic about my day, I decided to not try any heroics again.

the doc came by to let me know that things were healing up and asked me to put my hands together like i was praying.  as soon as i did, guess what happened?  they laid me back down again and then told me i'd be there for a while.  not really the start i'd hoped to my day.

things i confirmed when i got my cast off - they are not urban legends:

• that chocolate milk i spilt down my cast 3 weeks prior didn't curdle, but wasn't pretty either
• whatever conditions exist under a cast are amazing for hair growth, so maybe people should cast their receding hairlines for 6 weeks?
• you do actually need to moisturize more than every 6 weeks or your skin might flake off for days - some call it exfoliation i guess

thanks to my physio, i also found out i didn't have one fracture but several and they were only partially healing according to the last xray.  all key pieces of information that i somehow didn't get.  so although i can't do a full workout yet, i can run again, shampoo my hair with two hands and open most jars.  it all seems like a luxury to me now.  

2 weeks to vacay sans kid...crazy!  

nite, nite

tasha

price tag

march 22, 2011

every time i start to feel sorry to myself, something huge happens.  i have always been a crazy empathetic person and lately more so.  when everything happened in japan my heart ached for the people affected, those there and those desperately wondering if their friends and family were safe.  when the first few days passed and the shocking images were less shocking, i felt so grateful for everything.  yes we all have our hard days, but how hard are they really?

the last month has been filled with great stuff:

• birthday parties
• st. paddy day parties
• teaching hip-hop to talyn's class - or what you can teach 5 years olds
• talyn getting his bad mini mullet cut short (thanks justin bieber for initiating this with your own cut)
• the countdown of 2 more showers and 1 more hair washing until my cast gets cut off!
• being a part of an amazing panel of women for EM of Calgary's Winter Gala
• my friend's child making some huge steps forward in her health battle
• the countdown to my annual girl's trip with Tricia!!!

we all have lots of great stuff and some bad too, but the question is how to make sure that the great always wins in the battle of your emotions.  for me it usually comes down to gaining some perspective on how little the "whatever" i am dealing with really matters and probably doing something that makes me smile.  knowing what things or who can get you out of a funk is key.  so make sure to have lots of those people and things in your world.

one of my happy songs lately is Price Tag by Jesse J.  the tune is happy and the words really remind me to keep life light because in your last breath i guarantee you won't remember whatever bad thing you are worried about right now.  you will remember all of the amazing people and things you've done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMxX-QOV9tI

ciao!
tasha