Raincharm’s Weblog

The weather cooperated, but my body did not.
If I had gotten up earlier,
If I had done physical labor first,
If I had left financial figurings until later,
I might have played with dirt before the soccer game.

The soccer game was fun,
We won 3-2 or 4-2,
I played reasonably well,
But near the end I kind of strained my foot/ankle.
It was on a high goal kick, coming my way. The best way for me to deal with tall, 20 year younger men is to get to the ball before they have a chance to make a fancy move that reveals my 50+ year old tendency to change directions slowly. So I did. Only I didn’t hold my ankle stiff enough, and caught the ball enough in the toe direction that it sort of straightened my ankle into a perfect ballet point. Only I don’t do ballet, have never done ballet (except for a brief introduction in Kindergarten), and don’t straighten/bend that far. At first it felt like a sprained ankle. Now it feels more like a foot issue. Advil & Ice, and wait until next week.

But – I don’t feel able to go out and walk amoung the wet, loose mounds of dirt that is our backyard, begging to be raked around into a more level pose. Yesterday when it was pouring rain I would periodically check where the biggest puddles were forming and to see if we had any rivers finding new courses. It had all soaked in by this morning, and the sun even shone this afternoon – but too late for me to make use of these last tanning sessions.

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