Exciting Day!

I'm judging the Slug Queen contest tonight in my persona as the Queen of Jell-O Art, and I'm quite nervous about some of the details, such as how to manage my costume on my bike (in a box, most likely) and how to put on makeup as I have not done since my salad days. I'm sure it will all go well, however, as it is not really about me and I don't even have to explain myself for once.

I owe my blog some posts about the recovery from the broken calcaneus but it isn't such a pretty picture and I don't want to complain. I walk but very slowly, trying hard to place each foot in line, not fall over, and not limp. I can make it downtown if I allow enough time. I can ride my bike almost normally now though I still fear having to put my right foot down too hard. My doctor assures me it has knit and I can't break it again. (Knocking on wood anyway.)

I have some interesting pictures of how I coped, with a lot of tote bags hanging on my crutches, walker, and knee scooter, and I still have a loaner knee scooter which came in handy as a kind of little goat to move boxes around when I wasn't lifting things. I coped and coped, as people do. I was encouraged by the fact that I would indeed recover, and it seems to be taking a lot longer and requiring a lot more patience than I expected, but each day I improve. 

Of course when I get the metal taken out there will be a setback, but let's not even think about that today. I'm determined to keep doing the Market (I'm back to doing that independently and still extremely grateful for those who helped me, especially Nancy and Deb, who went way beyond the pale in being helpful. 

Oh, the book came out! I have lots of copies to sell. It is called Winter Tales II: Women on the Art of Aging, and it's still very gratifying to see my photo and words in a real book. You can go on Amazon and review it and somehow that will improve its internet presence and we will all approach millionaire status, if not quickly, inexorably. Or something. I'm thinking about my various writing projects, if not actually working on them. I'm trying to enjoy some summer. It's different as I can't really hike and my biking distance is still short, but I'm loving the weather no matter how hot.

I will write more, I promise, but I have a lot to do today! Come join me at the Park Blocks at sixish tonight. I know you'll enjoy it. I know I will!