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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Temporary new home
Kitty and I are at Emily's tonight (and maybe until further notice) after the hot water heater in my unit decided to leak water through half the unit.

Thankfully none of my stuff got wet, but I'd reckon the carpets are ruined - basically the water got under the carpet and as we walked on it the water was drawn to the surface. There was actually a funny few minutes while I stood there looking at it going "wtf?" cos I couldn't work out what was going on. The kitchen floor was too dry for so much water to have come from that direction, so I couldn't think of any way it could have got wet... then it dawned on me what was on the other side of that wall. (I only really thought of it because I remembered the episode of the Sopranos where Tony's basement floods after the water heater dies)

Good thing a safety switch was installed only a few weeks ago, otherwise all that water might have been live - the switch had tripped and refused to be switched back on so something was definitely waterlogged.

I'm not sure how long it will take them to repair the damage, so we might be here for a few days yet.

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Sunday, April 06, 2008

Six Months!
Today marks the six month anniversary of my initial injury. It seems to have gone by so fast, yet so slow. 

Today is also the three month anniversary of the second injury. That seems to have gone by pretty quick.

The achilles should now be about as strong as it's going to get, but there's still 3 months to go on the muscle tear. It feels pretty obvious that the muscle still has a way to go - when I extend the leg I can feel the lump that is the scar tissue. It's getting less and less obvious as the weeks go by, so it won't be too long now.

When I am paying attention to what I'm doing I feel like I have barely any limp left. When I'm tired, distracted, or trying to walk quicker it comes back. 

I did a fair bit of walking last night for the Lions game, so the leg was very exhausted today and I was limping noticeably. It was a good reminder for me, though, that I do still need to take it easy for another few months yet.

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