Rely

Honestly, I don't know where the time goes sometimes. I've thought several times about sitting down and writing, but when I do the amount of time I have before I have to either:

a. pick austin up at the high school

b. adjust one of my beloved patients

c. make lunch

d. make a pot of coffee

e. fold a load of laundry, or

f.  fill in the blank

is very limited.

Updates:

My bum leg is still, well, bum. Why yes, yes it is. It's been quite a process. And since I like lists tonight. Here are the things I have been doing to make my shin splints go away... far, far away.

a. ice

b. massage (4 different times I might add)

c. Biofreeze

d. self-massage at any given moment (in the car, while at church, at the doctors, at lunch with  my girlfriend- um, you get the idea)

e. new shoes

f. compression socks (expensive!)

g. Motrin

h. a rolling stick (to massage in just a little different way)

h. Epsom salt bath (I bought the salt and haven't taken the bath yet) See first list to understand why. 

The test I perform to see how the leg is faring: I hop on it and if the bruised feeling acts up, it's still not healed. I hopped today and it felt bruised. Pooh!! 

My last post was a bit of a downer. This leg injury has taken a lot longer than I ever thought it would. Shin splints are new to me as a person, a chiropractor, a runner... it is teaching me a lot. One of the most valuable things God is showing me is to rely on Him, and Him alone, not running. Wow! That is the word I keep seeing in my head. It most certainly is teaching me patience. Have I ever told you that I am an impatient person? Some of you that know me well have figured that out long ago. I have prayed about that for years. If it takes discomfort in my lower left leg to get my attention, to move me a little closer in that direction, then by all means, I will sit still and listen. Thank you, Jesus. Our God is a creative God and I praise Him for it.

So that's where I'm at these days. I'm treating, learning, listening, sitting, waiting, praying, encouraging, praising, and all because I cannot run.

More Updates:

We're going on spring break starting Thursday. Yay us!! 

Our first stop is: 

a. Louisville, Kentucky

b. Nashville, Tennessee

and last but not least

c. Edisto Island, South Carolina

(and whilst we are in SC, we'll head to d. Charleston and e. Savannah)

:-)

About 2 weeks after that lovely vacation my hubby is taking me to 

Hilton Head, SC for a 3 night stay on a business trip. Thankfully he doesn't have to work much so we'll have lots of free time together. Excited!!

We had a 2nd dog for exactly 3 days and couldn't handle all the stress that having a second dog brought to our family, even though she was a beautiful 3 year old Golden Retriever, so we gave her to the 2nd family that really wanted her.

And one final update:

One of our cats just had 4 kittens.

That's what's going on in my neck of the woods. How about yours?