{"id":688,"date":"2010-01-26T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T21:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=688"},"modified":"2010-01-26T17:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T21:28:00","slug":"the-horrors-of-a-hobbler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=688","title":{"rendered":"The Horrors of a Hobbler"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend who felt guilty because she thought that she caused my fall which resulted in a broken bone in my leg near my ankle came over this morning to fuss over me, but she had to leave at 11:00am. My next caretaker was due at 11:30. No problem; I can be by myself for a half-hour.<\/p>\n

No sooner did she leave, then the man in Brown (UPS Delivery) pulled up. I hobble over to the door and he put a box inside, which I can’t bend down and pick up, because I can’t bend down with crutches! I looked like someone who would have appeared in an I Love Lucy<\/i> show, with all the gyrations I was going through to try to lift up that box.<\/p>\n

I began kicking the box down the hall, when the doorbell rang again. This time, it was FedEx. He didn’t wait; he left a big envelope that contained pain pads for my partner on the front stoop. Pain pads? My partner requires these for his disability. I thought it was oddly juxtaposed that here I am in such pain, and I have to retrieve a box from the front porch with pain pads in it!<\/p>\n

I began trying to pick up that package up when I dropped not one, but both of my crutches and then lost my balance and settled down to my left knee (fortunately, I didn’t fall). There I am in PJs out on my front porch, cold, and in pain! I betcha the nebby neighbor across the street was watching on his private video system and laughing his head off.<\/p>\n

TG my next helper arrived early. Imagine, an 80-year-old woman trying to help a 52-year-old bearish guy up off the ground. Somehow through the use of leverage and ingenuity, with a dab of patience, we made it. I got resettled into my comfy chair and got ice back on the ankle. But for a while there, I was afraid my partner would come home to find me frozen out on the lawn!<\/p>\n

Sheesh… no more doorbells for me!<\/p>\n

Check back for updates on The Horrors of the Hobbler<\/i>, a new mini-series suggested by my best friend, AZ, to be written, published, and sold shorty. LOL!
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