Got the boot….

10.05.08

p1010019.jpg Yeah, I got the boot.   At least for the next 2 weeks and 2 days until I go back to the doc.  Stress fracture, 4th metatarsal = no cape cod marathon, no running, no cycling, no kicking in the pool, no yoga, no weight baring activity.  All boot all the time.

What can I do?  Get back in the gym with the meat heads and pump some iron, swim with the pool buoy  and yes, you guessed it…pool jogging.  I know that some of you might be suspicious and wondering if I took a hammer to my foot just to be sentenced to another 6 weeks of pool jogging.  Well you can stop that crap thought right now.  Believe me, the last thing I want to hear 9 months after injuring this exact freaking spot is it probably never healed fully the first time and it’s fractured, sentencing me to a short term life of low carb, high protein bullshit.

p1010014.jpgI officially withdrew from the Cape Cod marathon on Friday and signed up to volunteer.  Since I have plenty of family and friends on the Cape my trip is far from a bust, it just means more wine and less suffering (at least the physical kind).    As Tony Soprano would say, ‘whateva the f$#%’.

Came home from work yesterday tp1010012.jpgo find a surprise treat at the door for the kids.  Our friends Tara and Adam, affectionately known as T&A, must have been feeling quite generous and dog deprived when they bought a new polar bear toy for Harry and a pink barbie butterfly for Lhasa.  They got freaky with their new babies and then crashed hard a night of retarded Scrabble and Entourage.

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5 Responses to “Got the boot….”

  1. Mary says on October 6th, 2008 at 4:22 pm :

    Oh Jess! I am so sorry about your foot. That is a bummer. Wishing you a speedy recovery. You can always join us for PF Chang’s in January if you’re cleared to train!

  2. Jackie R says on October 7th, 2008 at 4:16 am :

    Take care of your foot…if it’s not one things it’s another…….

    Recover well…….

  3. Tara Anderson says on October 8th, 2008 at 3:00 pm :

    Finally…we get the shout-out we deserve on your blog! And all we had to do was give your dogs some presents…

    Seriously though, while you look uber-cute with your boot (they’re so in for fall!), I wish you a speedy and full recovery. Sorry to hear that can’t do the Cape Cod race but there will be many others in your future.

    And besides, now this means that you can hang out with me!

  4. Leanne says on October 10th, 2008 at 6:40 am :

    Sorry to hear you are injured Jess. It will take more than that to slow you down!!!
    I too am in the boot. I broke my 2nd littlest toe kicking the corner of the couch :(
    Gosh i miss the open roads….

  5. Mom says on October 15th, 2008 at 5:54 pm :

    Hey Jess, I get to see the “boot” — one more and you will be in style for the fall fashion!!

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