Status update

Thanks to many helping hands we are finally in our new house. Of course we still have a ton of unpacking to do. But unlike typical moves, we also have to finish our house! There's still a lot of construction things that need to be done. My kids can't play in our yard at all because of all the construction mess outside. So they're getting pretty cranky cooped up in the house full of boxes all day long.

To make matters worse, this morning at 4:00 am, I fell. I saw a light on upstairs and knew that Amy had gotten up to use the bathroom. She likes to leave lights on all over the house, day or night. So I went upstairs to turn off the lights and make sure Amy was in bed. After I settled her back down I headed back down stairs to put myself back to bed. Well, it was dark, there were a few night lights on around the house...but some how I missed the last two steps on the stairs and my right foot went all the way down to the main floor. My foot rolled and took the weight of my whole pregnant body falling on it. I hear a nasty pop and I started crying for Dan. Dan was of course sleeping and our room is kind of far from where I fell so it took him at least a good minute before he ran to my rescue.

He helped me to my bed to asses the damage. I knew I had sprained my ankle, but I was unsure whether or not I had also broken my foot. Since it was 4 in the morning, Dan propped up my foot in bed with some ice, put in some Seinfeld and we waited it out until 7:00 am to go with the whole family to an urgent care. We didn't think we could find anyone to come stay with our kids in the middle of the night.

So at 7, the whole family packed in the car to go to the urgent care. Long story stort, I did break my foot and I do have a sprained ankle. Fun, fun times. This afternoon I went to get a walking cast and crutches. The doctor said that the break should heal easily, but it will take a good 3 months to heal. And I'll probably be in this walking cast for about 6 weeks. After that, depending on how I feel I can take the cast off. But, like I said, it will be several months before I'll be back to walking and doing things normally.

Dan had to take today off work to help me. I've been a useless lump all day. I'm supposed to keep my foot elevated as much as possible. And I was told my swelling would get worse tomorrow before it starts to go down. I have no idea what I'm going to do when Dan goes back to work. I can barely walk. I can't go up or down the stairs. I can't put any weight on my foot at all. And there's a ton of unpacking to do as well as caring for my 4 children. And let's not forget that I'm also 21 weeks pregnant on top of that.

I hate being a lump. The kids keep asking me to help them and I just can't. What bad timing for a serious injury.

Other than that...we're doing great. :-/