May Flowers

Good afternoon and happy mid-week of May! I love May, my parents celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary (only a few weeks after my soon-to-be, fabulous, in-law's celebrated their 30th), my baby sister turned 26 in "The Big Apple" and Charles and I hit our 6th month mark to the wedding...so far, a pretty rockin month.

Only 2 negatives that I can think of...1. my horrific trip to Philly and 2. My stress fracture...yes, my stress fracture. I may have mentioned that when i started running i was experiencing some pretty significant pain in my shins and ankles. I had bought some seriously cruddy running shoes and figured that new shoes would do the trick. So I bit the bullet, threw down some cash, and bought an AWESOME pair of Brooks running shoes...like magic, most of my pain was gone, most... not all..left ankle, still hurtin...oh and now it was swelling. It wasn't pretty...at all! I was having to ice it every night and wrap it, which only somewhat helped. Notice, i'm watching GLEE (love that show) :) ha ha

Determined not to let this "injury" affect my running, i continued to run, on the treadmill. Not my brightest move.  The day that I was almost crawling out of the gym because it was so swollen and i was in so much pain, was when i realized this may not be tendonitis. After about 2 weeks of pain I made an appointment with my primary care, hoping for a referral to someone who could make it better. That's all we ever really want anyways isn't it...to be better? Well my doc did refer me to a specialist and 2 week after that i saw Dr. Steven Shapiro, a foot and ankle orthopedic specialist. A few sets of x-rays later and we have an answer - i have a stress fracture...better news - i have to wear an aircast boot for the next MONTH...NO running AT ALL! This is a full on, to the knee grey boot, the latest in Orthopedic Footwear, and oh so NOT fashionable.

It's ugly, i hate it, and it is a massive inconvenience...but i must wear it if i don't want to further injure myself, so wear it I will. I don't have to wear it when i sleep and i can workout, kinda...i'm limited to the stationary, easy bike (no spin classes) and swimming.  June 4th is the date that it should come off permanently and then I will be given some sort of brace so that i can run again! I never thought I would miss running, but i do...BAD.

In other news, the Save the Dates have been mailed out and received by my friends and family! It's all just so exciting. Mom and I are working on the menus and hopefully she will be visiting Savannah soon to work on many of the other details :) Suits and Rehearsal Dinner are on next month's to-do list. My Charles is so handsome everyday, but i can only imagine how he will take my breath away on November 10! I am one, very, lucky girl.

I wanted to just quickly share my newest footwear :) Talk to y'all soon!

~M. Johnson :) :)