Another Green World

Tomorrow D. will turn 18! This evening he went out to dinner (P.F. Chang's) with R, B, and B's girlfriend B. Afterwards they watched the movie of Ready Player One (which I assume they rented).

Meanwhile, I made some progress on paper #3's revision and took some notes for what I guess is paper #6... though let's call it #7 since I might do a 6th for the grant at some point.

Today was very full, and more interesting than yesterday. In the afternoon I went to G's lab, and this time I wrote down lots of interesting thoughts that I need to write up to send to him. Then I had an impromptu meeting with him and "our" grad student A, who wanted some advice. I then rushed home to pick up my library books and returned them to the public library, which had that Fire and Fury book on hold for me. I went to the Taphouse and ordered dinner for me and J; he joined me a bit later, just before the food arrived. Then I went to Smith Family books and bought this month's book club book, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, along with an impulse purchase of Ursula Le Guin's blog-post book, No Time to Spare. Then I went home and drove D. to pep band, which he enjoyed this time because the team played well and won; afterwards he shared thoughts on "the road not taken." Meanwhile I had been grocery shopping and worked on edits for paper #3. Soon after we got home post-basketball, J. came home from Magic and I went over there to read cozily on the couch. Fire and Fury isn't really cozy reading, so instead I read half the Le Guin book, while enjoying the windstorm beginning outside. I also had fun trying my answers to the Magic Great Designer Search 3 multiple choice test - I think I did very well - and picked D. up from his girlfriend's house. The day feels very thorough, and I can enjoy listening to the wind some more now while I start the Ng book.

So today was going along pretty well, despite the heat, despite the terrible air quality, and despite the abrupt breakage of my current pair of reading glasses. D. and I had picked up the new frames for his glasses; a set of data I'd been waiting for, for weeks, for paper #2 was ready; and paper #3 had reached a temporary stopping point.

But then I went out to look something up on the laptop on the couch, and clumsily slammed my foot into the leg of the very heavy coffee table, which very well may have broken a little bone. The x-ray technician said that she's been reading the charts for 41 years and could tell me for sure if she were allowed to, which she isn't, but the PA said he'd have to send it to the radiologist to find out.

Anyway. When in the first few minutes of intense pain, ice is good, and a very soft cat to cuddle for an endorphin fix is even better. And it's good to have a boyfriend who will leave work immediately to take you to the urgent care. i can walk all right, if I take small and careful steps and use the heel of my left foot to support my weight. Oh, and the junior x-ray technician said that I have tiny baby feet, even though I wear size 9 shoes and can't find slippers I can get my feet into. So that was nice. I'm awfully worn out now, though.