On the morning of my birthday, Kim and I took the kids to IKEA for breakfast. IKEA is a giant new furniture store in town but they also have a cafeteria that sells yummy breakfast plates for $.99 - A pretty good deal! After we ate, Kim and I put our kids in the supervised play area so we could browse the store. Allison was very sad because she wasn't tall enough to go in the play area. She cried for a long time until Kim bought some candy to help take her mind off it. It worked! We had an hour until we needed to pick up the kids and when we did, we noticed that they still had a lot of energy. So we went to "Caesarland" to eat pizza and let the kids play. They played for several hours and never seemed to get tired! By about 3:00, Kim and I were pretty tired so we went back to the house and let them jump on the trampoline with the sprinkler underneath the remainder of the afternoon.
A little later, I injured my foot as I was walking downstairs to put the wet swimming suits and towels in the washer. I lost my footing and fell down pretty hard on my foot. Joshua wasn't home from work yet and my sister and I were in the middle of getting ready for my birthday BBQ dinner. I think I sat on the stairs and cried for awhile. By the time I made it back upstairs, my foot was starting to swell. I thought it could've been broken but I wasn't sure. It hurt really bad and I couldn't walk on it. When Joshua got home, we decided he'd take me to a nearby Urgent Care. I slowly hopped to the car with Joshua's help. He eventually carried me because it was too hard to hobble or hop. They took X-rays of my foot at the Urgent Care and the doctor said it wasn't broken, probably just some muscle damage. By then my foot was pretty bruised, turning black and blue. The nurse wrapped my foot in an ace bandage and told me to keep it elevated the next few days. Since then, I still keep it in an ace bandage and it's still really bruised (I don't like to look at it). I haven't walked very much on it because it swells really easily. Most of the time I stay off it and keep it elevated. The kids and Joshua have been very helpful! I hope it gets better soon because I'm ready to run around and have fun this summer! I'm just thankful it's not broken and extremely glad it happened after our trip to Cedar Point.
Since I didn't slept very well the night after it happened, the next morning I was so exhausted! I'm so glad Kim was still here. She was extremely helpful with my children and took them out most of the afternoon so I could rest. She also helped with dinner and other things around the house that day. I felt bad that she came to have a fun couple of days with us but ended up spending most of the time taking care of me. But I'm sure grateful to her! Thanks Kim, for helping me out!
Thanks to everyone who called for my birthday. I was touched that all my siblings, my parents, in-laws, and Joshua's brother Joseph called and/or left messages. It meant a lot. I'm also grateful to those who sent well wishes through email and e-cards. I also have a few friends taking me out this week to celebrate. It's nice to be remembered on your birthday. It really means a lot!
(Enlarge the picture by clicking on it -- You can see some of the bruising on my big toe! Yuck!)
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