Brick by Brick

Immediately following my last post, I headed out of the house to go visit my kitty. on the way, i fell down the stairs in my house, breaking both bones in my left leg and dislocating my ankle. i ended up having surgery on it and returning to nebraska to stay with my parents while i recovered. i have been on bed rest for the last 7 weeks. not fun. last week i finally got to start walking in a boot, and yesterday my physical therapist freed me from obligation to the boot. i'm recovering very quickly, surprisingly. don't get me wrong, it still hurts, but it's going to for a few more months. it was a pretty dramatic injury.

now, finally, there are plans to return home. only 11 days left. i'll be back next saturday. and i will probably move again shortly thereafter. and by shortly, i mean possibly in the next few days. i think i've found a place to live where i can have my cat and afford to pay bills. i will need a TON of help moving; i can't walk around as much as i need to for something like that. i still have to take it show. on the upshot, all my stuff is still in boxes anyway, so it's really just a matter of moving them across east nashville. it shouldn't take more than a couple hours. and then i can settle in with my phoebe back and hopefully stay put for a while!

so, obviously, this incident has interfered with my photo project. i don't have what i need to post pictures here in nebraska, so i have to wait until i get home to resume.

in a way, this break from life has been good. i feel like i've gotten a firmer ground under my feet. i don't think i realized over the last year just how much the move had affected me. i love being in nashville so much that i didn't see how difficult the transition was mentally. things have been happening one after another after another since i moved; this is the first chance i've really had to sit back and think. evaluate. get a grip. turns out, i've been a crazy person all year. my whole life changed and threw me off balance, resulting in instability. i think this time away has helped me balance back out a bit. i'm not saying there aren't still major stressful things that i have to deal with, but i think i can handle them again. right now, i'm just hoping i get my job back. i'm waiting for a response from my employer. please pray that either i can go back, or i find something else right away.

i definitey feel like i'm on sturdier ground than i was for the last year. here's hoping i'll be a better person this year.