OMG...She Blogged Again!

Last night when I was brushing my teeth the thought crossed my mind, "You haven't blogged in quite a while."

I was thinking about the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 and how it would be nice to do a "2013 Highlights” blog post. I also thought about how every year for about the past 20 years I've thought about sending out a Christmas card with family highlights of the year. Yeah, that hasn't happened.

On Thanksgiving, Meagan injured her knee while she was jumping about doing a Scottish dance with her cousin. I took her to an afterhours clinic the morning of Black Friday, but the doctor there said she’d need to see an orthopedic surgeon. He did give her a knee brace and a couple of prescriptions. After almost a week she got in to see a surgeon. He discovered she tore some cartilage in her knee – which, it turns out, is worse than tearing your meniscus.

Meagan has to wait until Dec.19 for her surgery. She limped to and from work for almost a month, with Zac and her Dad driving her. Since she injured her right knee, driving wasn’t an option – at least not a safe one.

So, the day before Meagan’s surgery, what do I do? I fall in the K-Mart parking lot and break my left arm! Meagan told me I did it because I was jealous. Oh yeah.

Breaking my arm was not in my plans, but it did give me the excuse to stay home and sleep for 5 consecutive days. That part of it was nice. I could have done without the pain, the medical bills and the lost income, but everything is working out OK. 

It was bad, but it could have been much worse. Thank goodness I found an IHC clinic that saw me (without insurance!) and only charged me minimal amounts for medical treatment. Thank goodness I landed softly on my face. When the doctor first saw me he was afraid I’d broken my cheekbone. Thank goodness my bones are anatomically where they should be and I don’t need surgery or a cast.

I was able to see a specialist a week ago and he said that my arm is healing nicely and new bone is growing where it should. I see him again in a week and a half, just to make sure everything is going well.

I'm grateful that things worked out as well as they did. And my paycheck will be bigger than I thought it would.

I have been very tired lately. The broken arm has not helped, but at least it is healing. Maybe now is time for me to rest. With a broken arm, I've got a good excuse. Not that I should need one. I have been sleeping better since I broke my arm, which is strange but good. I had super-weird dreams the other night. A night I didn't take any pain meds, oddly enough, but I did read one of Amber's weird books - "Cinder" by Marissa Meyer, if you're wondering.

Meagan is healing up as well. Her recovery is going to be longer than mine, but I’m sure we’ll both be fine. Meagan got to see the doctor yesterday and will probably start PT next week.

And we got to skype Cameron on Christmas – yay! He seems to be doing well and enjoying his mission. He encouraged us to do personal prayer and scripture study. We encouraged him to write in his journal and take photos – and to send us some photos! Especially of him dressed up as Santa, Elder Nielson as a reindeer and the sister missionaries as elves.

So, since I'm typing with one hand, the 2013 Highlights post is probably not gonna happen. And that's OK. This post is already way longer than I planned. Now I’m going to go lay down and take a nap!