I got in trouble

Because I'm a klutz and fell yesterday (in flip flops), everyone is not happy with me. Jimmy has always hated flip flops, and now he has yet another reason to do so. My PT Chris also gave me a lecture about my footwear today when I was at therapy. It was definitely sore and I couldn't move it as far as I have been able to. Well then I talked to my mom this afternoon and told her that I tripped. She was not happy one bit. And I know everybody is right and that I shouldn't be wearing flip flops in my condition, but I got a little ahead of myself. I have been doing so great and I haven't worn my brace for about 2 weeks.
So anyway, my mother was not happy with me. She made me a deal. The deal is that if I send her home with a bag of all my flip flops when she comes to visit next weekend, that she will get me an early graduation present of trekker shoes. I have seen them before and I have always liked them, so this is a great chance for me to transition into new shoes. So I will say goodbye to all my flip flops and not trip anymore!!

I am leaving on Sunday for Atlanta for the Orange Conference. A bunch of us from church are going; its a Christian leadership conference. One of the keynote speakers is Louie Giglio, and I am basically obsessed with him. I made a shirt that says "I 'heart' Louie." I am going to stalk him until I get a picture taken with him.

Trip and Fall

Today, while I was walking on campus, I tripped and rolled my ankle a little bit. And it was because there was too many people around on that part of campus. Why were there so many people you ask? Because Bill Clinton graced Elon with his presence today. Now, for those of you who know me knows how much I despise the Clintons. Everything about them. So good ole' slick Willy being here today didn't impress me whatsoever. So I rolled my ankle a bit walking on the bricks, and now its sore. Chris is not going to be happy when I go to PT tomorrow. But he will make it feel better.


On a much more positive note, I get to see my old roommate Jamie on Friday!! We lived together last year and we are pretty much the exact same person. I miss her so much and I haven't seen her in a year! I can't wait to see her and convince her to move back to Elon.

Liberation

So I haven't worn my boot or brace for the last two weeks! And my ankle hasn't felt better. My PT has been going so well, it always feels so good. Since I passed my 10 week mark, we have upgraded to all sorts of fun new things. I do balance things, I can stand on my surgery leg for a few seconds before having to grab onto something. My leg is getting stronger, I am now using muscles that I haven't had to use for the past year since I used to put all my weight on my right side. Last week, I was waking up almost every night with leg cramps, just from my muscles getting used to being used again. It feels stronger everyday and soon, I will be able to start walking in some of my cute shoes again! I think I will always lean towards flat shoes, but sometimes a girl just has to wear some cute heels. I am planning on wearing heels to graduation on May 24th, so thats my goal.

I spent the weekend in Winston Salem at my grandmothers house, and my mom came up too. We spent all day Saturday cleaning her windows. It was actually kind of fun! I went around the outside with a ladder while my mom stayed on the inside and we just circled the house! We should have re-thought the position, because the windows were caked in NC pollen, which I am super allergic to. I spent the rest of the weekend sniffling and sneezing. It was fun to spend the time with my family, we always have a good time together. We started planning my graduation party and what we are going to cook, its gonna be great! Its really starting to hit me that I am actually going to graduate for real. Just because I've been out of class since December, I haven't really felt like I was done. May 24th is coming quickly, and I'm really looking forward to having a bunch of friends and family here to celebrate with me! Jimmy graduates on May 10th, then its my turn on the 24th, so we are going to get to spend a bunch of time together in May. I am so in love with him, and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him!!

You can't rush greatness

I am in Salisbury, Maryland right now at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research. Its the biggest conference for undergrads in the country to present research; there are about 2,800 students here! I presented this afternoon in one of the poster sessions, and stood by my poster for an hour and a half answering questions about my study. It was pretty fun. My ankle doesn't hurt too much, but my feet are pretty sore. I am going to wear much more comfortable shoes tomorrow, but I also don't have to dress up as much tomorrow as I did today. I drove up in a bus full of Elon students yesterday and we are staying in a nice hotel here in Salisbury. All the Elon students are going back to Elon on Saturday, but I am taking a train to Baltimore to see my brother in his show, Pippin. My mom and best friend from high school are driving up to see him, so they will just drop me off in Elon when they drive back on Sunday. I am psyched to see them!!

We are starting to get ready to go to bed, so I am going to get in the huge king size bed here!!

Blahhhh

My weekend in Gatlinburg resulted in two basic things. One, I have pretty much a zero tolerance to alcohol. Like we didn't already know that?! And two, I got the 24 hour stomach flu. Not fun. I spent most of Monday morning puking my guts out, until there was nothing left to throw up. Don't you just love dry-heaving?
I feel much better today, and I even ate some food today. I was at work most of the day too, so at least my mine wasn't on it. By tomorrow, I should be 100% back to normal. I am driving to Charlotte on Thursday for the weekend. I get to see my mom and I am really excited; her boyfriend just broke up with her 2 days after asking her to marry him. ASSHOLE. And I just miss my momma. Then the rest of the weekend, I am going to work for my dad.

I am going to bed!