11 Mar 2010

My Awesome New Boot

Well here it is.  My new boot.  Of course you want to hear the exciting story of what happened, and so I'll tell you...

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Recently we went to Colorado with some buddies for our annual winter vacation which was a blast.  The weather was amazing and I did everything I wanted to do.  In fact, here's a quick list of awesome things I did NOT hurt myself doing:

  • Sledding down a steep hill onto an icy street
  • Pushing a car out of the snow
  • Learning how to land a 180 on skis
  • Racing a ski-cross course (although I did have a nasty fall)
  • Speed skating on recreational skates short-track style
  • "Bobsledding" on a skateboard down an icy hill
  • Skateboarding down an icy hill

And here's how I hurt myself

  • Walking across the driveway
Luckily it was the very last night of the trip so I didn't miss anything but loading the car.  I was diagnosed with a high ankle sprain and will be sporting this boot for 8 weeks.  Currently I'm 14 days out of the injury and the swelling has finally gone down (bruising nearly gone).  I'm on crutches about 50% of the time which lets me move at a reasonably descent pace.