Lori and the Wonderful, Marvelous, So Good, Very Nice Day ...

Today was a VERY   GOOD    DAY!!!

A very good day indeed ...

Not only did I have my "Über Wonderful Good Friend Bonne" acting as Chauffeur again, today was the day I got to see what hardware the Doctor put in my foot!

 

 

Pictures!!!

 

 

 

Of my Insides!!!

Yeah!!

I had mentioned in a previous post that I was going to take tape and on my way over to the doctors office, I was going to tape them to a window and take photos.

Which I did!!

I have titled this: X-Ray Garden:

Lovely grass and trees showing up through my bones ...

 

 

Not very helpful in actually seeing the x-ray but Ever-So-Cute - don't you think?

We headed over to the doctors office and had more of a wait than usual. I got so bored that I started snapping photos of EVERYTHING.

 

The buildings have a soothing 'Autumn' color and theme - I looove it!

Yes - I JUST KNEW you wanted a shot of the Waiting Room ...

You're Welcome ...

And I have been coveting this little beauty since I spied it:

Hmmm ... I HOPE it does not wander away someday ...

In someones scooter basket ...

 

Hidden ...

 

 

 

Under a sweater ...

And then I got to go in and find out the ... news.

I am not an optimistic gal these days, and ever since a Taxi Driver decided to send me flying and slamming into his dashboard, I have been a little worried that I had seriously done some damage.  I was so sure the Doctor was going to tell me that I had damaged his work and that he was going to have to start all over.

I know - being a pessimist didn't come easy for me - it took YEARS and YEARS of training! And now - I just expect the worst and then I am not so devastated when exactly that happens.  This has worked exceptionally well for me for years and years and saved me a TON of heartbreak ... 

 

 

And it comes with a built in bonus! Anything better than what I am expecting is a perk!

The nurse displayed my bones and new accoutrement's in all their glory on the lightbox in my room.  Since these do not have trees growing out of them, I chose to use these photos instead of my Tape-Them-On-A-Window-And-Photograph-The-Crap-Out-Of-Them photos:

 

 

First photo was looking straight down at my foot:

And a LOVELY closeup:

 

 

The view with my foot at a 45 degree angle:

 

 

Aaaand the closeup:

 

 

My foot laying sideways:

 

 

And, of course, the closeup:

He came in and said "Let's take a look."  And wandered over to the x-rays as I held my breath ...

 

 

 

And then he said it!

 

 

I was STUNNED!

 

 

This was simply not what I expected ...

 

 

 

not by a long shot.

 

 

"It looks perfect." he proclaimed

Wow!

He went on to say that I should continue to do what I have been doing (he probably DIDN'T really mean that since the first time I put on the boot since my last appointment with him was THIS MORNING ...) and then come back in three weeks ...

 

 

 

And THEN ...

 

 

... WAIT

I have to calm down ....

Breathe ...

Breathe ...

 

 

Breathe ...

 

 

 

THEN I CAN START WALKING ON IT!!!

 

With the boot on, of course, but I DON'T CARE -

 

 

WALKING!!

 

 

On my own two feet -

 

 

 

WALKING!!

OH, how I've missed you ...

 

 

 

No more trapped in the house ...

 

 

 

No more begging people for rides ...

 

 

 

 

WALKING!!!

Now that was really, really the best news possible - I am deliriously happy.

And for good measure - he took my receipt for the invoice of the Prescription Transdermal Cream that contains:

(I actually looked up each of the ingredients listed)

 

 

- NO LESS than five - FIVE! - Pain Relievers

 

 

- FOUR Muscle Relaxants

 

 

- THREE Anesthetics (including Ketamine - KETAMINE!!)

...and a Partridge in a Pear Tree ...

Like I said - he took my receipt (he had asked me to bring it in when it arrived in the mail, but not explain why) and said he would take care of it and I didn't owe anything.

OK ...

Headed out with Bonne and enjoyed some cooler weather and admired the tree I always admire when I am receiving Door-To-Door Service at this location:

And on to home!

We had laughed that the sight my yard has become on the way out so I was fully prepared to take photos when we got back.

With all the rain, and with some SERIOUSLY FUNKY MULCH - we seem to have -  overnight - sprouted our very own Mushroom Farm!

They are growing in lovely little villages all over our yard ... but ONLY in the mulch:

 

 

They are THE MOST ADORABLE little villages!

 

 

I was taking shots out of Bonnes car with my Purse Camera and it was set to 'Landscape'.  In landscape mode the flash is disabled, and since it was overcast - the shutter speed was rather long and I was a titch bit shaky and thus my photos were pretty much crap.

 

Most shots were exceptionally crappy - but a few were salvageable - those above, for example, were the best of the best.

What was seriously NOT the best of the best - but Ever So Cool in its own right is this here photo:

It makes a lovely graphics paper that could be used for several things. How did it come to be?

 

 Apparently I accidentally took a photo while I was trying to position myself to get a more stable shot. Since the shutter speed was so slow and since I must have been whisking my camera through a view of the mulch and grass at the time - I ended up with this!

 

Most times this happens you just end up with a blurry, crappy shot - but every now and again - purely by accident - you end up with something completely lovely! 

 

I have a 10x zoom on my Purse Camera with a little more electronic zoom added in for good measure. Generally I don't extend into the electronic portion of the zoom because it seriously degrades the photo, but I wanted to zoom in as much as I could - so these are crappier than the others but aren't these just the CUTEST?

 

 

I so wish I were 'mobile' - I would have taken all my Playmobil out there and set up some fun tableau's!

A dude wielding a sword and a mushroom cut in half, picnics under the 'canopy', etc, etc, etc - the possibilities are endless ...

 

 

 

 

And here I sit ...  trapped ...

 

 

 

I got in the house, said goodbye to Bonne and grabbed my bigger camera and tried to get what I could from the open doors. It was very, very underwhelming to say the least.

Out back we have a few villages that I can see. Here are some hiding out by the back fence:

 

And DANG! Just think what I could have done with THIS CAMERA from Bonne's car! By the time Gary got home to help me outside with my scooter it was raining ...

Here is a tree in the backyard that, I guess since I could see it - was not as affected as much as the ones that are hidden to me while I am trapped inside my house:

Still ... some little cuties:

Little gangs cropping up all over:

I am assuming that by the time I get a chance to get out there ...

 

 

With good weather ...

 

 

And the right camera ...

 

 

And a spotter ...

 

 

They will all be dead and gone ...

Now THAT was the pessimist in me talking ....

But - who knows?

Maybe they will just keep increasing and growing bigger and more beautiful and plentiful and more 'Village-y' and when I DO get out there - I will get some simply FANTASTIC shots!

If my doctor can give me a 'Perfect' today - I am pretty sure I can nab me some pretty photos of fungus ...

Look at me! All optimistic and whatnot ...

I better watch out - it's looking like it might be contagious ....

... and spreading fast!