Cherry vs the World, Round 734

[cherry]

I am the most clever snowflake ever some days. Seriously. Through a series of events that don't need exploring at this juncture, involving messed up brakes, a flat tire, and a missed handing off of a tire pump, I became separated from my bicycle.

As such, walking to my place of employment to obtain said bicycle and tire pump (so that said bicycle could be walked, rather than carried, to the repair place) became necessary.

'Man,' I said to myself as I trudged along. 'Walking takes far too much time. I think I'll run.'

'Much better,' I said to myself as I ran, and promptly turned my ankle on some loose brick work.

Three x-rays and 28 hours later, it has been confirmed that my ankle is not, in fact, broken. It is merely inconveniently and impressively sprained.

It should be noted that it could be much worse. Unfortunately, this is my good ankle. The other one ended up pretty destroyed in a softball-related incident a few years back.

This is so incredibly, bloody, inconvenient. Cycling is out for two - three weeks, I'm not allowed to run for at least a month, and any weights that involved my feet/ankles are out for even longer. As biking/running/walking are my main modes of transportation, and I often work out to amuse myself, it appears I am going to have to take up polluting as both a method of transportation and as a hobby.

Comments

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Ow. ):

::hugs::

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

This is entirely what I do not need, you know?

At least it's not broken. I would be completely unimpressed.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

::offers ice and compression bandages::

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what I'm going to do with myself. :( The thing I'm actually kind of worried about is that the 'H' portion of my ADHD tends to worsen if I'm not routinely active.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Upper body workouts?

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to try one of those 100 pushup programs or some core isometrics, but the effect just isn't the same for me.

Whiny Cherry is Whiney.

Oh good lord, this is the longest day ever.

[livii.livejournal.com]

Oh, honey. ::hugs::

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

People world-wide should tremble at my awesomeness.

(Or, as my sister said: "You are the only person who could sprain her ankle on the way to school.")

[anoel.livejournal.com]

That sucks :( I was scared something like that was going to happen to me for awhile and it freaked me out a lot. Can you try swimming maybe? And I'd recommend podfics or podcasts for making driving more bearable (I'd think music is obvious).

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, (at least for me) swimming requires my feet. I'm thinking of starting on a 100-pushups program, or a core training regimen. The real problem is what when I'm inactive, the H component of the ADHD gets more pronounced.