Bad Hoof

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So a few weeks ago the arch of my right foot started to ache — not all the time, but sometimes when I walk on it funny or I’m on it too long. I stopped exercising to give it a chance to heal, but it’s been two weeks and healing has not accomplished itself according to plan. Went to the doctor today and he’s diagnosed tendon pulls with a possible very small fracture as well. X-rays were accomplished before work and all it theoretically going according to the new plan: advil, and heel cups in my shoes.

Of course it doesn’t help that the heel cup, while probably helping the tendons quite a bit, are making the bone ache like all hell.

What’s annoying (outside of the pain and inconvenience) is that I can’t walk the dog. But maybe that’s a blessing in disguise, considering that she’s currently scheduled for a specialist appointment later this week for a bad shoulder.

Anyway, today’s afternoon forecast is slightly grouchy with a chance of grousing, well on until morning.

Macbeth shall never vanquis’d be until / Great Birnam wood to high Dunsiane hill / Shall come against him.

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I’m declaring today Birnam Wood Tuesday.

In less than 12 hours I’ve passed (or been passed by) 5 landscaping trucks and one huge flatbed, all carrying coniferous trees jutting out at all angles.

If I’d’ve realized it was “drive your pine tree around town” day, I’d’ve thrown a seedling into the back seat before I left.

Strangely, discussing this at work has revealed that some of the smartest people I know don’t know what deciduous means. Or, for that matter, why I’d need to know what the antonym of deciduous is while at work.

I wonder what the slogan for Birnam Wood Tuesday should be.

Birnam Wood Tuesday: Because Dunsiane’s Gotta Be Around Here Somewhere.

What weekend?

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Replaced the mailbox. Dug out the hydrangea bush. Built up the brick wall around the garden to keep wonder-dog out. Cleaned the kitchen (except the floor) and ran the dishwasher twice. Paid all the bills through mid-October, posted a comic into the archive, and started the processes necessary to replace the thermostat on the heater. Completed three loads of laundry.

Didn’t have a lot of down time. I have a three-day weekend at the other end of this week, though, so maybe I’ll finally get some rest then. I was supposed to go to the Boston-ish area next weekend to see my friend Mandine and her family, but Nighthawk’s not feeling all that great and it’s a long drive both there and back, so I had to cancel.

Anyway, it’s almost Monday and I’m still running laundry. Work will be theoretically quieter this week, so maybe I won’t be quite as exhausted. Here’s hoping.

Oh yeah

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One other thing. If the Phillies now drop the next 8 and don’t make it into the playoffs at all (they’re currently 2 back from the wildcard and 4 or 5 back from the division), it’s my fault. I bought tickets to go see them in the NLDS and that guarantees that they’ll never get there. It’s just this amazing gift I have.