>I can't drive my van now!!  Matilda is going to be
>abandoned to the driveway!

Stuff and nonsense!  Piffle and humbug!  I've been on
crutches for four weeks now (four to go) with my left
foot and calf in a cast, and immediately after reading
your post I went out for a spin in the 4-speed Westy
to be certain I was not missing something.  Nothing to
it, though I would not advise you try it if you're
still on painkillers.

Just be glad you don't live with the kind of person
who brings home a kid's Tigger slipper, found in the
alley during a dog walk, that she converts to a toe
snood and insists that you wear it to cover your
exposed tootsies.

You're right, though, cast-and-crutches is a massive
PITA for as long as it lasts.  Heal fast.

Stephen

--- Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> WAAAHHH!!  I can't drive my van now!!  Matilda is
> going to be abandoned to
> the driveway!
>
> (end of vanagon content...  :-)
>
> I am now the happy owner of two crutches, one big
> fiberglass splint and one
> broken foot bone.  It sucks!  All sympathy greatly
> needed!!!  Who knew that
> I could break my foot, just by being clumsy and
> tripping on the curb???
> Surely not I, especially not before I continued
> walking another mile and a
> half to where I was going!  Teach me to figure I
> should get exercise by
> walking all around town...
>
> I have at least figured out how to carry a bowl of
> soup from the kitchen to
> the dining room table on crutches without spilling
> it.  And thanks to global
> warming I don't have to contend with snow and ice on
> my crutches.  And thank
> goodness my Prius doesn't take two feet to drive,
> and it's my left foot that
> I broke!
>
> Yeah yeah, I know there are MUCH more serious
> problems in the world.  But I
> still want sympathy, please!!!!
>
> Now, should I really send this email, or just quit
> bitching and hit the
> delete key???  Oops, there goes the "send" button!
>
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
>
>
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> Joy Hecht
> now hobbling up and down the steps on crutches while
>
> Matilda is temporarily deserted in the driveway
>
> For musings about life traveling in the van or
> living in one place:
> http://www.joyhecht.net
>
>
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>
>

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