Broken Toe Update

It's been about a week and a half now since my broken toe incident. I am still feeling stupid, but now I'm feeling annoyed too. I'm over it. 

My broken toe definitely screwed up my camping trip. I couldn't go on any hikes and basically sat around the whole weekend. It definitely hurt worse than I thought it would. That first night it throbbed all night and I was miserable. The whole camping weekend was rough. I could walk on my heel and side of my foot ok, but doing that was then making my ankle and hip hurt. So I just tried not to walk much. 

All this past week after camping, I've tried to take it easy, like I'm suppose to, but chores don't go away because of a broken toe, and with having to get the kids ready for school next week, there hasn't been much time to just sit around. We've been out and about doing clothing and school supply shopping, which means a lot of walking. I do ok when it is buddy tapped. I can walk on my heel and side of my foot more efficiently now and get around just fine. But at the end of the day when I've done a lot of walking, I can sure feel it. And putting on boots to go down to the barn? Yeah....that's a joke. The boots are so heavy on my toe each time I take a step.....I really want to wear flip flops! HAHA But that's what got me in this pickle to begin with. 

The dull ache has yet to go away. It's pretty constant. Worse after a lot of walking or when it's not buddy tapped. And Lord have mercy if the dog accidently steps on my foot or my toe gets caught while putting my pants on. I have never been more aware of where my foot is at any given time as I am right now. I see the slightest movement headed even remotely in the direction of my foot out of the corner of my eye I am protecting that puppy so dang fast, hahaha. Poor Sam can't even approach me for a hug without me lifting my foot up to get it out of the way of his approach. Even the thought of pain makes my toe hurt.

It's insane. Like seriously.....I didn't think it would still hurt after a week and a half. I'm over it now. I'm ready to go back to normal. How long until I can walk normal? How long do I need to protect my foot? I'm giving myself a complex here. I feel like I am going to be weird about my foot forever, even after it's fully healed......in 6-8 weeks according to the Dr. Ughhhh. 

BUT it's looking better at least. Bruising and swelling is mostly gone and the abrasions are almost completely healed. 

Hopefully after I get the kids back to school next Wednesday, the 1st, I'll have time to put my foot up and relax more during the day after morning chores. I'd like to speed up the healing process and get this over with. There's lots of upcoming fall fun to be had! 

With love,                                                                                                                  Mama Hauck 

Timothy Lake Camping, Aug 19th-22nd

We took our last camping trip of the year this past weekend. We headed back to my favorite place to camp, Timothy Lake, and even better, to my favorite spot, #25. 

Over all we had a good time, you can't help but love being there, but I'll be honest, this trip was a bit of a let down. For me anyway. I'm not saying we didn't have fun, just that it wasn't what I was hoping for for our last camping trip of the year. 

The weather was cold for being August, it was mostly overcast the entire time, it rained on us once, we couldn't have a wood burning fire (just a propane one), and with my broken toe, there was no hiking going on because I was in pain most of the time. We mostly sat around and played card games covered in blankets, or tried to stay warm in front of the small propane fire. For three nights and two days. The kids did kayak and fish, and there was a short dunk or two in the water (I have no idea how they got in the water, it never got above 65 the whole time we were there!), but this wasn't normal August camping, and everyone was feeling that. We missed the sun and the sound of kids splashing around in the water all day. Sam didn't seem to mind sitting around and truly have a relaxing camping trip where we mostly did nothing, but I was upset to not be able to do any hiking and to be mostly confined to a damn chair nursing my broken toe. 

Oh well. Nothing is ever perfect. We got out of the house to my favorite place and we hung out with friends. Can't control the weather or the fire ban, just need to roll with the punches. 

I think this was the very first time that everyone felt ready to head home at the end of our stay, hahaha. Besides, we had Packer Orchard's ice cream and other goodies calling our name for on the drive home! 

Despite this trip being not as I had planned, camping at Timothy Lake makes my heart feel full and it's always hard to pull out and say goodbye, knowing we wont return until next summer. The kids will be a whole year older. Time just keeps chugging along. We are so thankful for these camping trips and look forward to many  more summers of fun. 

With love,

Mama Hauck