miscellany monday

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Happy Labor Day from our family to yours!

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I can't believe how much catching up I have to do!

The summer has come and gone and we're back into our school routine. It's funny - during the summer I longed for the routine of the school year and now that it's here I kind of wish we still had the flexibility of summer. I'm still working on figuring out a way to do everything I need (and want) to do without getting stressed out and without sacrificing sleep.

The two are the main focus right now...everything else is secondary!!

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I finally broke down last week and went back to the surgeon who fixed my broken tibia and popped my dislocated hip back into place. He was someone that I would have been fine with never seeing again as long as I live! Don't get me wrong - I love the man - I think he is so wonderful and he did such a good job fixing me. A visit to Dr. K meant that I had to admit that the pain was too much to bear anymore.

The diagnosis is iliotibial band syndrome.

From wikipedia: ITBS is one of the leading causes of lateral knee pain in runners. The iliotibial band is a superficial thickening of tissue on the outside of the thigh, extending from the outside of the pelvis, over the hip and knee, and inserting just below the knee. The band is crucial to stabilizing the knee during running, moving from behind the femur to the front while walking. The continual rubbing of the band over the lateral femoral epicondyle, combined with the repeated flexion and extension of the knee during running may cause the area to become inflamed.

From me: ITBS sucks and means I can't run. The pain is debilitating and I can't muscle my way through it anymore. I start physical therapy next week. It is beyond frustrating to have built my stamina back up and to have been 100% back only to be side-lined again. On the bright side, it's nothing that requires surgery and he was pretty confident that a combination of PT, Advil, ice and slowly working my way back would provide healing. I pray he's right because I need my running.

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Best ice cream ever...

Too bad it's in Sarasota.  Actually, it's probably for the best that I can't have it regularly!

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It's September which means I will finally be an aunt (at least I hope for my SIL's sake!)! I got a huge laugh out of this picture she posted on her blog of Penny in THE bassinet. 

This is the over-priced bassinet that I just HAD to have when Noelle was born. It was definitely not a need and Noelle didn't like it so it was used all of about five times. I hope Claire gets more use out of it so I don't feel like it was a complete waste of money! If nothing else, it's pretty to look at :)