My Back Hurts

Well, I have royally effed my back up. (Ha, speaking of "royally," it all started the morning of the Royal Wedding. What a coincidence). It started with my foot getting more and more numb every day - what started as the tip of my pinkie toe graduated to my entire pinkie toe and up my foot into my ankle. No feeling at all. At first I was horrified and thought of the gigantic blood clot I likely had lodged in my calf, but over the course of the first couple days I was relieved to see that I wasn't losing any color or warmth so I was able to cross "blood flow" off my list of potential problems. That meant it was a nerve issue, which wasn't better by any stretch of the imagination, but at least my toe wasn't dying. 


So the MAJOR perk to working at a hospital and being friends with the smart people that work alongside me is that I can run all of my ailments past them to get a preemptive diagnosis before calling my actual doctor and making an appointment. The first doctor I asked thought it was Morton's neuroma, which I figured was a remote possibility but the symptoms didn't quite add up. When the  terrible pinching sensation in my lower back started up a few days later, I figured it was a nerve stemming from my back and affecting my foot, rather than an isolated foot problem. Cue the Physical Therapist! My dad insisted I go to a chiropractor but the Physical Therapist I am friends with thinks they're all quacks, so now I take 20 minutes out of my work day to have my spine pressed on in uncomfortable ways by the Physical Therapist. He is doing it for free and it seems to be helping - the numbness has really subsided and, apart from a bruised back from him beating on it every afternoon, the back pain is getting much better. It's halfway through the second week of therapy and I am feeling well enough to tackle my stilettos at the Banquet on Thursday =)


Today was the Spring Fling at work (just another shindig I was primarily responsible for putting together). For those of you that don't have any idea of what the Spring Fling is, and why would you?, it's an outdoor 'fest' at the hospital with a moon bounce, face painting, music, food, etc. I was surprised at the good turn out - and damn do those kids love a moon bounce. At one point there were so many in there I'm surprised they weren't accidentally knocking one another unconscious. Whatever the capacity limit is on those things, I'm pretty sure we exceeded it. Regardless, no one got injured and everyone had a good time. At least I think so. No one outwardly complained, as far as I know, so I deem it a success. 


In the meantime, I finished my drawing of Miranda Kerr - the one I have been working on for months now. I probably would have finished her in a matter of days had moving to the new apartment not interrupted my usual routine and had I actually wanted to continue working on her. I think what motivated me to finally get it done was the picture I found of Will and Kate that I really want to draw so I knew I had to finish Miranda because I hate leaving something unfinished to start on something new. So, TA DAAAA! Here she is:

The picture is sorta yellow, which is strange, considering it's just graphite on white paper. Maybe the light in the room changed the hue of the paper, I don't know. Regardless, here she is. Nick says the photo doesn't do the actual drawing justice. I agree, the real drawing is better, but it's really hard to take a picture of a drawing and have it look the same. 


Anyway, that's that. I'll update more at the end of the week. Ta ta.