Thankful Thursday

Things I'm thankful for this week...

Even thought it's been a long couple weeks, I actually took a few steps in my SOCKS this week. No heels! Yes, it was painful, but bearable. The days of wearing heels with a robe are coming to an end soon, I hope.

Tonight I stood outside for a few minutes, just looking at the intense blackness and the millions of stars brightening up the sky. And to think God knows how many there are. Baffles my mind.

Spring is officially here... tomorrow!

Only 20 days until Phantom of the Opera in Kansas City!!! Can't wait!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

This is not going to be a Not Me! post filled with injury-related incidents. My activities this week have not been limited by the fact that I can't walk (very well, anyway). If you missed the complete story, read here.

I did not take a pain pill right before going to bed, only to read the instructions the following day... do not lie down for 30 minutes after taking this medication. OOPS!

This week, I was not known to hop out of the shower and put on a high heel... nope, not me! That would be an incredibly awful fashion statement.

I did not postpone trips to the bathroom because I knew my leg would hurt if I got up. I also did not calculate how long it would take me to get there.

A student at my school did not see my mom at church and say, "Did you know Miss Lutterman broke her intestine?" to which my mom replied, "No, it wasn't her intestine. It was a tendon."

Because I could not walk, I did not go to Wal-Mart with my mom have her escort me through the store in a wheelchair. It wasn't me who hoped I wouldn't see anyone I knew as we were shopping. (As it turns out, I only saw one person I knew.) Normally, I would not have gone under those circumstances, but I had to buy birthday presents. After all, an auntie can't show up at a party for her nieces and nephew without presents, right?

Since I'm only allowed 1-3 hours of walking or standing per day, I did not take my life into my hands and allow students with no driving skills to push me in the wheelchair. I was not pushed into the wall more than once.

We did not successfully pull off a surprise birthday party for my sister Becky on her "29th" birthday.

I am not totally excited for Dancing with the Stars tonight, especially since my sister Erin told me Melissa from The Bachelor would be on the show!

Hopefully I'll have a week filled with activities other than injury-related stories, but I'm afraid that will be my life for a while. Physical therapy starts tomorrow... YIKES!

Thankful Thursday

This week I am thankful for some things that I probably have never been thankful for in my life....

Based on things that have happened this week (read here), today I am thankful for:

• the fact that I don't need surgery.
• friends who offered me my first wheelchair ride (I might still have been walking back to my car)
• two days off to help me rest
• high heels... wearing them is the only way I can walk/hobble/shuffle right now.
• wheelchairs... at school, it makes trips to the bathroom much quicker
• students who are willing (although at times too eager) to push me in the wheelchair
• the weekend... which I coming tomorrow. (I have been thankful for that in the past.)