for me to get my California driver's license! Let's just say the DMV is not a super peasant place, but if you are on crutches they treat you a bit more like a VIP customer. So even though I moved here over two years ago, yesterday I finally became an official Cali resident. The sis …
Tag: food
A Wee Pick Me Up
Fridays are always hard. You are squirming in your seat till the clock strikes 5:00 (5:30 for me). You can't focus because thoughts of your freedom are slowing creeping in, pushing out productivity and responsibility. And there's an electricity in the air that makes everyone more talkative and keeps every coworker in a good mood. …
Summer Sunday Supper
While I don't live on the east coast where humidity and high temperatures plague the air, it is still Summer in the Bay Area and when it's Summer people tend to gather around good food with good friends. And that is exactly what we did! We popped the bubbly with some refreshing blueberries and Dave …
Healing
When you have a broken hip you do a lot of lying around and snuggling, like this: And being taken out by dear friends, like her: And going out for family dinners to eat yummy food, like this: You also do a lot of thinking about the time before your accident, the actual traumatic …
Breaking News!
No...I can't magically walk again (not yet!), but for all of you almond lovers out there take a look at this! "Almonds may have 20% less calories than previously thought" So go head almond-fanatics - DIG IN!
No Pain No Gain
Since Monday's PT session I have done my glute, quad and hamstring exercises several times. And while some moves can be quite uncomfortable, already a handful are much more manageable and it's easier to move my legs in certain directions. All of this extra exercising made me quite hungry at work yesterday and without a …
WIAW – back at work
My cat, like all cats, does not like to sleep at night, but boy does she love to snuggle and snooze in the morning. We normally put her in the bathroom at night so she is calm in a small space, but Monday night we couldn't catch her and she kept us awake most of …
Time to Sweat
Over the past few weeks on crutches I have worked my way up from shuffling to the bathroom to hopping up and down 3 flights of stairs. For the past week or so we have made an effort to take one outing a day so I can feel human and so I can get some …
WIAW on a rough day
I will admit it. Yesterday was a tough day in my recovery process. I have been so incredibly positive about the entire situation, but reality finally crept in and I collapsed under the pressure. There are so many things going on in my life at this moment in time and breaking a hip has not …
Never did I ever…
By age 25 there are certain aspects of life that one can expect to encounter, such as, possibly living with a significant other, hopefully holding a steady job and learning how to feed oneself with the use of the kitchen. And of course there are many things that one cannot be ready for - elements of life …
Almond Jay 