Broken Ankle

I broke my ankle way back in 2007. Hard to believe that it has been five years now -- good thing I gave up using "but I broke my ankle" as an excuse last week. ha. I never told the story or shared the pictures, so I might as well go for it now. There are a couple gross pictures, but no blood. Mostly lots of swelling and nasty long leg hair. Fair warning.

It was a late aftrnoon in February and I was running... through Matt's house to the bathroom. [It gets more pathetic, sadly.] I jumped over a pile of laundry to reach the bathroom, unbeknownst to me, there was a magazine rack underneath it and I tripped. ALL of my weight went onto the outside of my left foot, including the gravity propelling me from my jump. I broke the inside part off -- you know the knobby part on the inside that holds your foot onto your leg. Yeah. Gone. Well, sideways, I guess. I am not sure if I looked at it, but if I did, I blacked it out. Matt drove me to the ER and I waited to see a doc -- shaking in pain. They sent me home with a splint so I could get it operated on outpatient.

The next day my Mom flew in (her baby was going under!) and stayed with me for the surgery (my Dad happened to be in town for work). I had to be admitted back to the ER, because my insurance wouldn't do outpatient because it wasn't an emergency, and had the surgery there. SAME DOCTOR as would have operated outpatient -- but about $12,000 more money. Stupid. The doctor was awesome though, seriously fabulous. He found out that I was a college student without parents nearby and he gave my parents his personal pager, so they could reach him at any time with questions (they didn't use it). He also said my injury was the worst he's seen -- and he does the sports injuries for the University. Fabulous. I now have two permanent screws in my ankle. They do not beep in metal detectors and I cannot feel them. The only thing still lingering is sometimes my ankle gets achey in the cold (like at an ice rink)

Anyways, I went back to my dorm (which wasn't handicap accessible, ironically) and was on crutches for about four weeks (two in a soft cast and two in a hard, I think). Then I was in a walking boot for two or three months. At least I could shower then. With the casts I was sponge bathing and no-rinse shampooing. Lame. So grateful for my Mom who got all of that for me. What would we do without our Moms? I was on vicodin for a week and darvoset for another (or maybe less, I am not sure. I tried to stay off the pain meds). Matt was gone the first weekend (Mexico housebuilding trip -- I still wanted to go) and took my truck to get the oil changed -- so I would not drive it. He even told the dealership that they were in no circumstance to release the car to me. haha He already knew how stubborn I was.

I had to miss the second half of my last ever cheer season, although I did go and sit in the stands to join in on some chants. There was one perk though -- I had great (handicap) parking for the last semester of college. Score! I was also able to wear heels again by graduation in May. Awesome. Now you can enjoy these lovely pictures...

Splint. First night. Notice my childhood blankie (I finally let it go when we moved into our house) and hospital ice packs.

Soft cast (between doctor and ER, I think), and my new bed (I ended up sleeping on that couch until graduation -- I wanted to keep that ankle elevated so the swelling would go away completely. No cankles for me!)

Soft cast. It was so comfy. I think I had this for a couple weeks. Then they took it and the stitches off and gave me a hard cast. Sidenote: I miss those pants, they were so comfy. What happened to them?

 

See the gauze stuck to the yellow stuff that they put on pre-surgery? Gross!

Side by side. So fat and nasty.

Close up. You can see how bruised it still was. Maybe this was a week after surgery? The four stitches are covered by tape. I believe he pulled on that long string and all of the stiches came out. So weird.

Stitches removed. It must have been 1 week soft cast 2 or 3 weeks hard pink cast.

My x-rays. Pretty awesome, huh?

We were both on crutches. Lucky us!

 This may have been more for my own need to have this written down somewhere. But now I do. Bam.

My Life: A - Z

I started this last year... might as well finish it. I always love sharing random facts.  And a smattering of pictures...

A. Age: 27

B. Bed size: We have a queen and we LOVE it! Just enough space that we have our own room, but close enough to cuddle!

C. Chore you hate: Cleaning the Toilet. Gross!

D. Dogs: Nope. We love our kittens!

E. Essential start to your day: Coffee.

F. Favorite color: Pink! (I'm such a girly girl sometimes)
G. Gold or silver: White Gold. Ha!

H. Height: 5'6"

Obviously I am shorter than a gorilla... but not by much!

I. Instruments you play: Used to play the clarinet, then bass clarinet, then contrabass clarinet. Now I just sing. A lot.

J. Job title: Estimating Assistant (and yes, I made that up myself) and master blogger!
K. Kids: Not yet

L. Live: Sunny So Cal.

M. Mom’s name: Claire

N. Nicknames: Meg, Megs, Mugs, Mimi, Megababy

O. Overnight hospital stays: None. Two visits from broken bones (arm, ankle), but I wasn't there overnight. Ankle post coming soon. Lovely pictures too! :)

P. Pet peeve: Whistling. That annoying click in your throat when you swallow / breathe weird. Stop doing it now. If you don't know what I'm talking about, be grateful. Never try to hear it. You will never go back.

Q. Quote from a movie: "That's so fetch." Okay. I can't really think of any right now. That just came to mind. "Squirrel."
R. Right or left handed: Righty

See... I hold my coffee with my right hand. Bam!

S. Siblings: My bro-ski.

With his cute girlfriend (of two years, next month)

At his College World Series in Idaho!

T. Time you wake up: Lately around 5:45. But I snooze the alarm for awhile...

U. Underwear: What are you eating under there? (whomp whomp wahhhh)
V. Vegetables you dislike: Radish? Sprouts? I dunno.

W. What makes you run late: Life. I'm always late. Poor time management is probably the culprit -- that's what the M@! says anyways.
X. X-Rays you’ve had: My arm when I was 7.  I broke it jumping on the bed.  Also my ankle -- I broke it in 2007 jumping over a pile of laundry (noticing a theme here).  And then my back -- for the chiropractor!

My ankle still has those screws in it...

Y. Yummy food you make: I love to bake, and cook!  Matt loves my chicken enchiladas (recipe from a friend's mom) and stuffed jalapenos and mushrooms (thanks Pioneer Woman)!
Z. Zoo- favorite animal: I have always loved elephants.  I'm not sure why.  I just do!

Whew. Know what? There were no questions about my Pops. His name is Dean. And I love him too. So he gets a pic as well, as does the rest of the fam. :)

Hawaii 2010

Wine tasting 2011

Disneyland 2010

Watching the broski play ball

Need pics with the hubs too...

Engagement Pic (Flory Photography)

San Diego 2009 (I believe)

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This is a part of a series of cleaning up post drafts from the past year (or more) from my blogger. This is probably more for my own enjoyment and sense of cleaning / organizing than your own!

Wine Tasting

I like family and I like wine -- so why not combine the two, right?? Matthew and I visited my parents (and my hometown) last June for a family reunion. The day before, we trekked over to my cousin's work to do a little wine tasting.

Me and my Pops

Mom and I.

Me and my lovely Cousin!

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This is a part of a series of cleaning up post drafts from the past year (or more) from my blogger. This is probably more for my own enjoyment and sense of cleaning / organizing than your own!

Family & Fire

Matt is almost done with the Academy. We are totally in the home stretch now, and that is so exciting! It's been a long (but actually really short) road, but I am so glad we are on it. I have a few pictures of his gear to share...

I tried his gear on for size -- and gave him a little compressed air!

This is the background on my phone. Swoon. ;)

Also, Matt's sisters were both home in January, so we had to get some family pics. So glad to finally post these (but hey -- at least I'm not waiting until next year!)

The whole fam...

The girls. Picture taken from above, because apparently you look better / thinner that way.

Picnic

Today is my birthday! Yay! I'm now 27 years young -- and I don't feel any different than I did on my birthday last year. Speaking of which, here are some pictures for the picnic that my awesome hubby took me on!

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This is a part of a series of cleaning up post drafts from the past year (or more) from my blogger. This is probably more for my own enjoyment and sense of cleaning / organizing than your own!

Recent finishes...

Tomorrow is my birthday! Today I want to share a few projects that I have recently completed. As always, click the project link for more photos and details and the pattern link!
Giant Granny Square Blanket (March 22)

Baby Mary Janes (February 18)

Have a great day!

Rancho Casitas Shirts

You may have noticed our matching shirts in the post about the Baja 500 on Monday.Well, I actually made them myself! When we were down in February, we thought the newly remodeled car looked kinda like the Jeep in Jurassic Park. Matthew decided to use his mad Photoshop (Illustrator) skills and create a logo for the Ranch. He used the Jurassic Park font, and instead of Palm trees put little lofthouses in the bottom. And T-Rex? Well he was turned into Dakota, one of the family's wolf dogs. Pretty funny. I made the screen for them and screened them onto t shirts. Jen was the teacher and wanted "Rancho Casitas Christian School" tshirts for her kids (she taught four at the time). We wanted some for ourselves, and gave a few away. If you want one, let me know!

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More Mexico posts can be found here.

This is a part of a series of cleaning up post drafts from the past year (or more) from my blogger. This is probably more for my own enjoyment and sense of cleaning / organizing than your own!

Friends the Baja 500

On Wednesday I showed you pictures from the Baja 500 Race. Here are a few pictures of us with our friends. They have a sweet one of us with a truck zooming by, but I don't have a copy. Sad. Oh yeah, more Mexico trips here.

Watching the Rock Star race truck (I think they are called trophy trucks) go by

My man, our truck, a helicopter. Craziness!

I love this man. I do not love my posture. Sigh.

This should have been their engagement picture (it was a month or so after the fact).

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This is a part of a series of cleaning up post drafts from the past year (or more) from my blogger. This is probably more for my own enjoyment and sense of cleaning / organizing than your own!

Baja 500 Scenery / Racers

Last May we went to Mexico to watch the Baja 500 and pick up our friend Jen as she finished her missionary stint there. You may remember seeing other pictures from our trips to Mexico in the past. Anywho, here is a grip of pictures from when we actually watched the race....

This is my sweet ride... every day....

Dinner in front of one of the race trucks.

Bikers came first. That's Jen taking a picture of one of the competitors.

Quads were next. The sponsored larger vehicles were often followed by helicopter.

The dirt in the back is how you can tell a truck or quad is coming.

Last to come were the trucks...

Pictures of people to come later this week.

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This is a part of a series of cleaning up post drafts from the past year (or more) from my blogger. This is probably more for my own enjoyment and sense of cleaning / organizing than your own!