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I went to Starbucks today after getting my hair cut and had my usual non-fat no-water chai latte. However I was hungry so I had a cranberry chocolate soy protein bar as well. Also today after going to WW I discovered that I need to lower my daily points total. Down to 20?! Aack don't know if I can survive that; I've been at 24 all this time. But this sitting around all day in my roboboot means less calories out, less calories in.

Anyway just made me wonder what there is 'healthy' to eat at Starbucks so I printed off the nutritional info from their site (where you have to search by store postal code, how stupid is that) and figured out the points. Here's my list of goodies with 6 points and under:

Chocolate caramel pretzel 6
Banana blueberry soy muffin 6
Reduced fat banana choc coffee cake 6
Multigrain bagel 6
Cinnamon straw 6
Cranberry choc protein bar 6
Low fat fudge brownie (vegan friendly)6
Lowfat cranberry apple oatmeal muffin 5
Sesame seed bagel 5
Wheat croissant (w/whole grains) 5
Cranberry bliss bar 5
Lowfat fruit bar 4

Everything else is probably not worth the points!

Get this thing offa me!

I guess I'm just not a good patient. That boot is driving me insane, presses down on my foot, weighs a ton (ok 2.8 pounds) and generally pisses me off. It is such a relief to get home from work and take it off.

I missed work most of last week but I went back on Friday. Actually I had stopped in on Wednesday and ended up staying and doing work for a couple of hours. It's just been so hectic with this new job...but time sure has zoomed by! Today I felt like I was getting a bit caught up. I've put away most of my stuff. Brought my camera with me today, intending to take pictures of my new office, but never got around to it. Plus it is the kind of thing you'd rather not do when people are around!

So it's just after 8 pm and I'm resting in bed. Going to read some, probably have a snack to use up the rest of the day's points and hopefully go to sleep early. By morning my foot will feel pretty well normal until I put it back in the torture machine.

Now playing - Robo Boot!

I am so happy! This morning I went to the ortho clinic at the hospital and they took another x-ray. There was a resident (in her first week) there too so we both learned that a fracture of the navicular like I have is very stable and does not actually need a cast. They cut off the cast and I went to pick up my Robo Boot on the way home. I can walk again! Still might need the crutches now & then but I've just been walking around the house without them today. I took Greg out to the Haven for Valentine's lunch to celebrate. He still has to be my chauffeur though; I can't drive.

So back to work for me tomorrow. I can't believe how excited I am. Not sure I would have survived 6-8 weeks in a cast. Or how the rest of the family would have managed being my servant for that long!

Spending the rest of the evening watching Lost and Eli Stone. Oh we watched a few good movies lately: Sixteen Blocks, Keeping Mum, and Across the Universe.

Big Day Out

Holy cow I'm wiped. We were out most of the day, doctor's appointments for both of us, blood work at the lab, I got my new lenses for my glasses, and spent a couple of hours at the library.

While at the library I used the wheelchair we keep there for elderly patrons and discovered that it was like driving a bad shopping cart. It desperately needs a wheel alignment! Actually all the office chairs are on wheels so they work just as well. My intention was just to drop in but I ended up doing some work and even answered a couple of questions. I hope to go in Friday for 4 hours.

My doctor agreed that my cast was not made correctly so when I go to the hospital tomorrow to see the orthopedic specialist I will be getting a different cast. (I have a walking cast but am not allowed to walk on it, not that I could the way it is right now.) If they don't change it I'll end up with a Barbie foot!

View from the couch

You'll understand that when I say I was home alone, I was not exactly alone!

itchy

My ankle is itchy already. I didn't think that would happen for awhile yet! I'm not in any particular pain, no drugs or anything. But last night my ankle started to itch. It hurt too, but because of my rheumatism, that's not unusual. Anyway I did not have a great sleep.

The good news is, I go to see the specialist on Thursday. I have this fantasy that he'll say it's not really broken and I can switch to a tensor bandage. Yeah right, keep on dreaming...

Tagged again?

This one seems kind of complicated. You must post the rules before you give your answers. You must list one fact about yourself for each letter of your middle name. Each fact must begin with that letter. If you don't have a middle name, just use your maiden name. After you've been tagged, you need to update your blog with your middle name and answers. At the end of your post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name. (Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged and need to read your blog for details.)

My middle name is Ellen. hmmm what can I say about that?

E - Educated? Many years of post-secondary education, but not in the basics, like walking down the stairs without falling.
L - Librarian. duh
L - Lame (as in gimped)
E - Early riser, at least lately
N - Norwegian heritage on both sides

If anybody wants to carry on, feel free. Let me know if you do.

bored already

I don't think I'm going to enjoy this 6-8 weeks in a cast. It's very frustrating not to be able to do things for myself. I'm not in any pain to speak of so it's just the nuisance factor of this stupid cast. Tomorrow I have to call to make an appointment with the orthopedic specialist which should be next week. But in the meantime I made an appointment with my GP to find out whether I should be off work and for how long. There is a wheelchair at the library so if I can use that I should be fine to work. Peter (who is in a wheelchair) and I can play bumper cars.

In the meantime I guess I'll stay home.

broken?!

I just can't believe it. Earlier this evening I was going downstairs to get dog food and somehow slipped on the bottom steps. There was a lot of screaming & wailing (from me and the dog who sensed her food was no longer top priority). After the initial shock I crawled back upstairs, put ice on it, tensor bandage etc., complained a lot and finally decided to go to Emergency. We all packed up and didn't have to wait there too awfully long. It was starting to feel better by the time I got to X-Ray so I was totally shocked when the doctor announced "it's broken". "Me??" "Yes that's why you're in a wheelchair".

So I have a lovely purple cast, a willing slave in Holly, and won't be going to work anytime too soon. oh boy. Guess I'll be doing a lot of scrapbooking in the next several weeks... We'll see what the orthopedic specialist says when I go see him next week. In the meantime I hope the crutches get easier because I don't have a real knack for them.

How to spend that money

So, 20 cents an hour means an extra $7.00 a week (as opposed to the extra $43.75 I'm getting this week)... This has me thinking what could I do with that $7.00. I could have 1.5 Starbucks grande chai lattes, 2 days of parking in the library parkade, a package of WW Sweet & Salty bars, maybe a magazine. Not bad really!

Anybody have any other ideas of how to spend my raise?

Yikes - tagged! Five Things

Five things I was doing 10 years ago...
1. Not keeping a diary
2. Taking Holly to kindergarten
3. Working part-time
4. Being at my all-time highest weight
5. Going to a family reunion & meeting my half-brother for the 1st time

Five things on my to do list today...(it's now after 9 pm., I don't have plans to accomplish anything)
1. clean up kitchen
2. do time slips at work
3. start cleaning out my desk
4. go out for lunch (which I forgot; sorry Beth!)
5. turn in my acceptance letter

Five things I will do when I'm a millionaire...
1. quit working (if I'm a multi-millionaire)
2. buy a new house
3. travel travel travel
4. be a volunteer
5. open my own stationery & office supply store

Five things I'll never wear again...
1. my fat jeans
2. a wedding dress (good one Kelli!)
3. garter belt
4. contact lenses
5. synthetic fabric in hot weather

Five of my favorite toys...
1. camera
2. laptop
3. MP3 player if I could only find where I put it
4. Solitaire on the computer
5. Cropadile

Five banes of my existence...
1. dog hair
2. cat puke
3. dirty old carpets (but good considering #1&2)
4. EGTB
5. intoxicated library patrons

Anybody who wants to can consider themselves tagged...

Time to start earning the big bucks

So this week I'm enjoying $1.25 an hour extra in my capacity as 'acting' Reference Supervisor. I'm enjoying this week 'cause next week when my new position is officially in effect I'll get a whopping 20-some cents an hour increase! Whoo-ee let the good times roll!

Of course I'm in it for the power, not the money, so what does it matter right? (ha!)

I don't quite know how I'm going to get my desk cleaned out and my stuff moved into my new office by the end of the week. I've got about 6 hours of 'free' time to get that done and I don't think it'll be enough but I certainly don't want to have to come in on my own time to do it, which is what my predecessor did.

And it's time to update my Life as a Librarian album... need to take a picture as soon as I get my name put on my door!