Excuses

I actually have a legitimate excuse this time. For going months between blogging.

I broke my arm.

Technically, I broke my arm 23 years ago. or whenever sixth grade was. And then broke it 5 more times in the next 6 years. So it's kind of fragile. I broke it at the growth plate so the broken ulna bone stopped growing and the healthy radius bone kept growing. It wasn't particularly attractive but only had a minimal impact on its range of motion. So we moved on.

It finally caught up to me. It's always gotten sore easily. Or hurts whenever the weather is changing. But around Christmas it got particularly bad. So I took 2 weeks off from weight lifting and from doing cakes thinking the rest would help. My first day back was so painful that I thought I had a stress fracture. The doc thought I had a torn ligament. The Specialist concluded that the bone deformity had become so bad, it was causing all of the ligaments to give out. So we started with immobilization for 8 weeks to give the ligaments time to heal. Unfortunately it didn't help as much as we hoped and I ended up in surgery anyway. That was two weeks ago. I've been wearing a full brace plus a super fun bright purple foam Lego to help elevate, immobilize and protect it. also good for stashing snacks in it.

The good news is that the bones are healing nicely. The bad news is that I still can't use it.

oh, and that I'm allergic to percocet.

I'm learning patience. I've had to ask for help a lot more than I would have liked. Especially with my super adorable sweet little toddler who is so ridiculously charming and fun and yet easily the most difficult thing to manage one handed. But more on him later. In the meantime I've gotten a lot of help from my amazing and generous friends and family. My daddy came down the night before surgery to help me get ready, take me in and watch the kids. My mom came and spent almost every weekend the past few weeks helping me juggle the kids, catch up on housework, and help with all the fun stuff like dance competitions and plays. My amazing husband has been incredibly patient and sweet and understanding. despite his busy travel schedule and demanding work hours, he does so much for us every day and take such good care of us. My sweet girls have been so good, trying hard to pitch in with chores, go get stuff for me and keep me company. I've had friends bring us dinner, a friend that picks up my daughter for kindergarten everyday, and my best friend has come nearly every day especially during the week to help entertain baby Z, keep me company and help me take care of my family. I am so very very blessed and grateful to all of them.

And, grateful for voice text. Which is how I'm writing this entire blog now.

Please forgive any typos.