Yay Germany!

I'm proud of my ancestral homeland for beating Uruguay (or as the commentators call it - Oo-roo-gweye!) in the third place match today. :)

Tomorrow - the final. Netherlands versus Spain. Neither have won the Cup before, but Netherlands has been in the finals twice before and Spain has never been this far. I'm kind of leaning towards rooting for Spain. How could I not with faces like this?

That would be forward David Villa, goalkeeper/captain Iker Casillas, and midfielder Jesús Navas.  Let's face it...the Dutch just aren't nearly this cute. :)  Jesús is Mom's World Cup boyfriend. ;)

Now, if you'll excuse me...I'm watching Legally Blonde 2. :)

Spinning

As in, my head is spinning from all the back and forth going on with the situation with Chelsea.

One minute, she's moving back in.
The next, she's moving in with her "fiancé".
The next, she's moving back in.
The next, she's moving in with a (mature! responsible!) friend.
As of now, she is moving back in.

I can't keep up. So if you were wondering why I haven't told you what's going on with her, it's because 99% of the time, I don't even know.

In other news, I'm trying to make myself walk some, like I was told to do, and it. really. freaking. hurts! Other than one time, all I've been able to do is take a couple of steps. The one time I did do more than that, I was walking from the kitchen table to Chelsea's door (like 20 feet) and did this weird dance after a few steps because the rolled ends of the walking boot completely threw me off balance. Ah, well, it gave my mom a good laugh. ;)

Also, my foot is looking awesome. It already looks like, well, like a foot, as opposed to "a creature from the Blue Lagoon" (as my mom said). And the incision is healing very well. I just have a few extra scabs from the staple holes. So I'm happy.

Revelations

Revelation #1: If you put your foot in a cast for 7 weeks, your foot will come out with dead skin about an inch thick and toenails that could "be used as a can opener" (as my mom put it).

Talk about gross.

The good news is that with a good 40 minute soaking, a good scrub in the shower, and some baby oil, it's already almost back to normal.

Revelation #2: If you don't walk on your foot for 7 weeks, it will hurt like crazy when you finally do. Most of the pain is in my heel cord. I feel a little stupid for not expecting that. Even with this massive walking boot. And the bottom of the boot rolls on the ends, so it's very awkward.

Surgery #2 is officially set for July 23rd, which means I've got two weeks to get back to normal. Ah well, it has to be done. And I'll be under general anesthesia, instead of sedation like last time because I had such a problem with it.

It's been a long day. After my appointment, we got some Hardees chicken tenders (amazing!), went to see my Grandma Frances, stopped by Toys R Us and got this toy for Blake, and went to Sam's. Plus, my appointment was at 12:30 and we didn't even get called back till 2:00, so that sucked, but expected with him. At least I had my iPod. :)

Or not.

Chelsea's not living with us.
It's a very long story.
One I'm far too tired to get into tonight for one, because I woke up at 6 am and haven't slept since, and also because I feel sick.
So I'm going to bed.
Details tomorrow.
One last thing...

I GET MY CAST OFF TOMORROW!!!!! :D

39 days

That's approximately how long I'll have to live with Chelsea till the new semester starts.
Of course, that's assuming she doesn't move out again.
As you can probably infer, I'm absolutely filled with dread about this entire thing.
But what can I do?
Blake needs to be here, and Blake needs his mother.
The thing I'm most worried about is that my mom is going out of town from the 17th to the 22nd.
At least I won't have a cast on so I won't have to listen to Chelsea whine about how I can't do anything.
And my grandma is only a phone call away and will save me if things get too horrible.
Ugh.
I guess...all I can do is take it one day at a time.

Where does the time go?

My little Blake man is FOUR months old today! That's crazy!!

So duh, DSS was closed today for the holiday, so Mom is getting Chelsea tomorrow. At least I had one more day of peace.

My mouth and jaw are finally starting to feel a little better. I guess that means the antibiotic is working. As painful and gross as it is, I just have to keep flossing to get the infection out.

The World Cup semifinals are tomorrow and Wednesday. I'm rooting for the Netherlands and Spain.

And best of all...I get my cast off on Thursday! Oh, I can not wait to scrub my foot. :)

G'night.

Stupid

Stupid infection.
My mom looked in my mouth and realized that was the cause of all my problems.
Ugh. This is so not fun to deal with.
It's got all the lymph nodes down the left side of my throat swollen,
and has given me a killer headache.
But I'm on 2000 mg of Amoxicillin a day, so we're hoping it clears up soon.

Stupid sister drama.
Chelsea's moving back in. Of course.
But considering she's being a total jerk to my mom already and that's just in text message conversations, there's no reason to think that things will be the slightest bit good.

Happy 4th of July! If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go ice my face.

OW. Just ow.

I woke up this morning and the space right behind my back tooth on the left side of my lower gum hurt. I figured I just had a piece of food stuck back there or something, so I tried flossing. A couple times, actually.

That just made it angry.

The pain's been getting worse all day. Now the pain is into and has spread all over my lower jaw and the bone that connects my two jaws (Fun fact: I broke that bone in 7th grade). I can't chew. I can't close my mouth. It sucks.

I got so desperate earlier today that I had my mom put some of Blake's Orajel for his teething on it. At least that gave me a few hours of numbness once I got over the nasty nasty taste. Baby Orajel, people. That's how desperate I was.

Mom says if the pain isn't better by Monday, she's calling my doctor. Because this is not. fun.

Man, I'm tired.

Longest day I've had in quite some time.
Got up at 10:15.
Ate a bagel and got ready.
Helped Mom with Blake.
Left at 11:45.
Met Ms. Rachel in New Bern for lunch.
Went to WalMart.
Went by the Craven County Board of Education.
Went to a colleague of my mom's house to drop off some soup for another teacher who's in Duke.
Went to Ms. Rachel's apartment and hung out for a couple hours. (I finally got to meet her daughter Hannah!)
Came back to Swansboro.
Went to Walgreens.
Picked up chicken tenders from Hardees. (Yum!)
Came home.
Ate dinner.
Watched the two World Cup games we missed.
Brazil AND Ghana knocked out in one day...can you say AWESOME?!
And now...here I am.
Exhausted.
Good night!

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