Another bone bites the dust!

More change. My stint as Nana/nanny was over almost before it began. Ten days keeping the youngest two g'sons and getting to see all three on an almost daily basis was like water to a thirsty soul. I love my boys!! But even though I miss being with them, even I recognize that it is in their best interest to be with other children and to socialize daily. And the icing on the cake is that they love their new school! Time for me to move on. I know that I said I wouldn't do it, but I took a long-term position at an elementary school to finish out the school year. I don't want to work that much, but since it is my last year to sub I figured, "Why not?" Now I remember "why not" but that's another story. What's done is done and in reality it is only about 20 school days. Surely I can do that... I started working at the new assignment on May 1st. I worked two and a half days the first "week" and then came the weekend. Saturday was our 34th anniversary, but we didn't make any big plans because we were supposed to keep the g'sons that day. It got cancelled so we just went out to eat. Our celebration plans were to go to the horse races at Lone Star Park on Sunday. Neither of us had ever been to the horse races before so we were looking forward to it. And, boy, was it fun! It was a gorgeous day...the weather was great. The horses were beautiful...absolutely gorgeous creatures. We had a delicious meal and very quickly picked up how to make wagers on the races. We saw races of several different lengths and just generally had a great time. There were nine races in all. Somewhere around the sixth race we went up to place our wagers and on the way back down the steps to our seats I misstepped and only caught the stair with the inside part of my left foot. My ankle rolled and I started falling. Fortunately our seats and a counter were in front of me so I caught myself before I fell all the way down. But the ankle HURT! I didn't let it ruin my day. We finished out the day of racing and headed home. The more time that passed the more the ankle hurt...and swelled. It was aching so badly by the time I went to bed that I actually took something for the pain. Fortunately I already had a routine appointment with my doctor for the next morning. To make a long story a little bit shorter, I have a non-displaced fracture of the left ankle. Go figure. On the humorous side, my doctor walked in the room, looked at my chart and rolled his eyes! After x-rays and such he asked, "Do you still have a fracture boot or do I need to write you a script for another one?" ANOTHER one? Rub it in, why dontcha! So, ONCE AGAIN, I must wear mismatched footwear for four weeks. The good news? As soon as the boot comes off my job assignment will be over and we will be heading out for a three-plus week vacation through South Dakota and Wyoming. Yep, we're going hiking! ::insert shrug here:: Hopefully I won't fall off the side of a mountain and break my neck! Till next time... ~cheers!