SHOES?

Shoes are highly overrated. I am supposed to be completely in shoes by now and I'm not quite there yet. Yesterday I wore my shoes all day-BIG MISTAKE. Today, instead of going to church I'm home with my foot propped up, taking aspiring, and icing my foot and yes, Wiener is by my side.

I thought Wiener was just going to be Bob's dog, and she is, but she has been a lot of company to me while I have been off. She's entertaining, she HAS to taste everything I eat, and of course, she has to be walked, which is also good for me. She even knows she has to wait sometimes until I catch up with her.

My time of being off is almost over. I go to the Dr on October 21 and I expect him to release me back to work. I can't stand, of course, but I'll have to take the wheelchair. I'm not really sure where I will be. I'm assuming at the park, but maybe not. I only have 4 days there and then I go to my new job. Yes. I got the one I interview for on Tuesday.

I won't be in any park, but in an entirely different area of the whole company. I'll just be answering phones from guests and other cast members. At least I'll be able to sit down. It will, of course, be hard to let guests into parks now. I have 3-4 weeks of training and then I'll get my schedule. I know I will work 5 eight hr shifts, but I don't know when or what days. I'm also trying to work in candlelight practice and then performances, so we'll see how all this goes.

I will miss the people I now work with at the parks. I will miss the "one-on-one" interaction with the guests, but I will not miss the 10-hr days, the hot/cold weather, nor the standing all day. I'm not good at doing new "things" with new "people". I'm much more comfortable "in my ruts" of life, but one thing for sure-I won't have to take my work home with me in this job. And, if something interesting becomes available, I can always change. Stay tuned.

WHAT DAY IS IT?

Today is Friday. I know because my husband reminded me. I went back to the Dr on Tuesday and the Dr took out the stitches. It looks very clean and healing nicely. It is difficult to work w/o the brace. I just tried on my shoe. Dr Funk said I should try to do that when the swelling went down. It is still swollen, a little, but I wore the shoe to lunch and I definitely had a hard time walking. But, just like the whole process, I get a little better each day.

I have applied for a new job at my present employer. It would be totally different than what I do now, but it would be inside and I would be sitting down. Five days a week; eight hr days; answering phones. I would be low on the totem but still retain my seniority within the company. I am hoping to get an interview for this one.

Wiener is still being protective and staying by my side. She is not very good at making sandwiches, but she is good at letting me rub her stomach. I believe that she would let me do that 24/7. She's sleeping right now; Another thing she does well. She DID try to help me type, but I assured her that I was fine so she flopped down beside me and decided to catch some zzzzzs. (She has such a rough life)

I'm studying up on my trivia about the company. I have to be super knowledgeable. Being off, I feel as if my brain has become a sieve, but I'll keep reading and hope some sticks. You never know. i MIGHT JUST remember something.