Got My Lawn Mowed

With my broken leg continuing to heal, I am able to do more and more.  I'm still on crutches, and not supposed to put much weight on my leg yet.  But I have been putting a little pressure on it, mostly just for balance and for maneuvering around on the crutches.  I have taken a few light steps on it, but not really any walking.

On February 5th I just needed to get out of the house.  It had warmed up a bit from the cold temperatures we had experienced in previous days, but it was still -20C.  I really wanted to start my truck and take it for a drive.  It had been parked since December 19th, the day after I broke my leg.  I've started it a few times off an on, just to keep the battery charged and the oil circulated, but it has not been driven.

I got Hailey to give me a hand to plug the block heater in, and then I let it sit for a couple of hours before attempting to start it.  It fired up right away.  It still had a little over a quarter tank of fuel left, from my last trip out to Nordegg in early December.

I hobbled out to the truck on crutches, managed to stow them in the back seat, and the drove with my air boot on my foot.  It was a little clumsy, but its a big truck, with large pedals, and lots of foot room, so it wasn't really a problem.

I drove over to the X-ray clinic where my original images were taken back on December 30th.  I picked up a memory stick with image files on it.  I wanted to have a copy to remind myself of the perils of not checking injuries out properly.  Margarit came along for the ride.

After that I went over to the barber shop and got a haircut.  It was either that, or a dog license...!  It was getting to the point that I needed a haircut back in December when I first hurt myself.  Now, two months later it was getting pretty shaggy.  For a while there I was not able to take a shower every day, and laying around on the sofa all the time saw my hair turn into a tangled mess.  It felt really good to be able to get my lawn mowed.  And, now that my leg is healing, I'm also able to take a shower every day.... a huge relief...!