We say farewell to Summer down under and hello to autumn which is just as hot as summer so really there's not much of a difference.
Anyway, enough about the weather, on to the favourites of the month!
8. All My Friends - Tinashe, Snaekships, Chance the Rapper
9. Fire - Jena Gogo
10. Living Not Dreaming - Jai Waetford
Favourite Band: The 1975
Favourtie Day - SWIMMMING CARNIVAL! 8th Feb
Oh, yeah, update on my walking condition - NO MORE LIMP! Plus, I can run now (not as fast as before, but definitely progress!) And I'm back to dancing, but I can't do a cartwheel or handstand or pirouette on right foot, but at least I can do other stuff lol.
I have a very valid reason for my belated post, ehem, SCHOOL STARTED! Yes, I am in Year Eleven now, meaning VCE. But it's actually really good, in fact I love being a VCE student. It's so much better than I thought! Anyway, enough about school, let's talk about something cool.
Okay, its been approximately 11 weeks since the accident (wow, that long?) and I can safely say it's well in the past now. I am walking (well, more like limping, but progress is progress nonetheless) and I'd like to share my painful journey to get to where I am, because it wasn't easy. I stopped sleeping with the boot (sounds strange, doesn't it?) Christmas night, and then I first put pressure on my right foot on New Year's Day. It seems like all my milestones occur on grand occasions (did I mention I broke my ankle on Remembrance Day?) I used the boot to "walk" and honestly, I didn't know what I was doing. I had crutches as well, and it was just too painful so I gave that up until our appointment on the the 7th of January, where the doctor told me I could start walking now. Easier said than done. I also got an X-Ray, which looks a little like this:
Completely healed - can you spot the scar between the second and third screw from the bottom?
That's the scar of where it broke
Here is the original X-Ray of when I broke it - pretty gruesome, eh?
There's this thing called "muscle waste" which was what I have for my right calf - the muscle's completely gone. It's all jelly, so I'll have to build that up again. Also, my foot was covered in dead skin for a while, so I had to constantly moisturize it. My whole right leg was flaking off like an eraser, not to mention it got hairier, due to the cast. You know the funny thing? Using the exercise bike was easier than walking. I wore the boot at first, then progressed to shoes, then bare feet, on the bike. I found that must of the pain was in the front part of my foot, the ball as it is referred to, and my heel was less painful to press down on. Going out in a boot and crutches was daunting, and tiring, because crutches are such a workout! I realized that the more I put pressure on my foot slowly, the less painful it got day by day. So I upgraded to one crutch and a boot the next time we went out, and the more I walked on the boot, the more my foot hurt, but I found when I got home that I could walk without crutches! Well, kinda. When walking again after two months, limping is inevitable. So I practiced walking around in the backyard, at first with the boot, and then gradually I realized I could wear my runners which had good support and sort of hobble around. I completely ditched the crutches last week I think and since then I've gotten better at walking. I've also gone back to working out, and testing my limits of what I can do. "Dancing" is doable, but no fancy tricks, of course. I can shower standing again, though I found it comfortable to sit on the shower stool LOL, I guess I'm lazy like that. It was a personal journey, I didn't have official rehab sessions, it was just me and my foot, working it out together. I take a step, "Ow" another step, "Ow" and it went like that for a while until the "Ow"s decreased and turned into winces, because I admit, it still hurts to walk now.
It looks so weird from this angle LOL
My foot's circulation is back to normal, it's still a little swollen but not as bad as initially, and the bruises have disappeared mostly. My stitches healed up and it feels smoother to the touch. Veins are beginning to show through my skin of the top, probably because of all the walking I'm doing now. I find that in runners it's easier to walk with less of a limp and that barefoot it's harder. Also, I can put all my weight on my right foot for a few seconds, but of course my left leg is the strongest side.
Scar is healing
I don't know if I'll be completely ready for school - but that's in five days, and a lot can happen in those days. I have to work on getting stronger, and even if it still hurts to walk, I'll have to put up with the pain. I found I have high tolerance of pain, and I like to push myself to the limit. Apparently I should've cried when I broke my ankle, but I didn't! That didn't mean I didn't cry - of course, at times, I couldn't believe this was my life, back when I couldn't walk, I was a little depressed about it, but now that I can, that seemed so far away I can't imagine not walking. Strange how we take things for granted, like walking. But now that I know how it feels not to walk, I will never be ungrateful for it. So the lesson here is to be grateful for what you have, even if it's just your legs, or your arms. There are people unluckier than me with amputated limbs or who will never walk again, so be thankful. We are so lucky, and we don't even realize it until we lose it, so let's not lose ourselves before we realize it. :)
Last year I watched a range of different films, 51 to be exact (I think that's a new personal best!) Let me know how many you've also watched, and which ones are your favorites. Personally I loved Avatar, Princess Bride, Red Riding Hood, Pirates of the Caribbean & Home
The Amazing Panda Adventure
2. The Book of Life
3. Hotel Transylvania
4. Red Riding Hood
5. The Backup Plan
6. The Heat
7. Snow White and the Huntsman
8. The Agony of Love
9. Tower Heist
10. Rise of the Guardians
11. The Notebook
12. Mockingjay Part 1
13. Night of the Museum 3
14. Begin Again
15. Tomorrow When the War Began
16. Rebecca
17. ParaNorman
18. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
19.Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
20. POTC: At World's End
21. POTC: On Stranger's Tides
22. Into The Woods
23. Tinkerbell
24. Insurgent
25. Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure (don't judge it was awesome)
It's the ed of anther year, and now it's time to reflect back on the month's favourites, as I have been doing for the past fifteen months.
For the last time this year, my favourites:
Favourite Drink: Forest Fruits Golden Circle Juice
soooo goooood
Favourite Food: Caramel Cake coated in melted dark chocolate and desiccated coconut (I just made you drool didn't I? ;)
Favourite Songs:
1. Suburbia - Troye Sivan
2. Cheap Thrills - Sia
3. Drop In the Ocean - Omi & AronChupa
4. Cake - Melanie Martinez
5. Good Day - IU (Japanese Version)
6. Let Your Tears Fall - Kelly Clarkson
7. Criminals - MS MR
8. One Woman One Man - MAGIC!
9. Four Pink Walls - Alessia Cara
10. Army Of One - Coldplay
Favourite Singer: Troye Sivan
Favourite Youtuber: Ben J. Pierce
Favourite Application: Wattpad
Favourite Day: I don't have one. You know why? Because they're all the same for me. Hopefully next year will be better. This year taught me a lot - school wise and life wise. I hope next year will teach me even more about myself and it goes well for me and everyone else.
I have several memos on my phone filled with quotes I hear people around me say or I find in TV shows or even what I myself said! Some are funny, some are poetic, some are just damn weird. So here they are:
"The heater keeps the b*tches away because they are cold!"
"Are you busy?" "Yes, I was just about to put out a new doormat saying 'Go away'."
Spencer Hastings
"I was really hoping for some shock therapy but you could just wire me to a toaster and put it on top brown only." - Spencer Hastings, Pretty Little Liars "I'm gonna start my car and run you over" - Media teacher says to delinquent boys in class LOL
*hold out palm* This is how much I care about your opinion "You're a b*tch." "Takes one to know one."
"Love is like a butterfly. It settles upon you when you least expect it." "Lies were made to be told Secrets were made to be shared Promises were made to be broken Nothing was made to be hidden For the secrets and lies are forbidden." - Aishabella
Saw this on a bumper sticker: "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons as you are crunchy and good with ketchup." "Yes bananas let's make a smoothie!" - me cheering my team on (we had yellow sashes on)
I broke up with a tree today - Shayma 04/09/15 3:48p.m. "Take your generator off my bramble bush." Mr. Feeny, Boy Meets World Season 3 Episode 5 "Haven't you ever heard of knocking?" "I've heard of it but I don't subscribe to the practice." "Why are you so mean, Dean?" "Cause you make me so tense, Spence." - Pretty Little Liars
"Why fight when you have Wifi?" - Me "Who died and made you Oprah?" - Caleb Episode 11, Season 5, Pretty Little Liars
"Just because it's called Miss Universe doesn't mean it's for people from another planet." "You look great...I was talking about your teeth not your face." - Deaglan
"I forgot to take a picture of my shower." - Spencer BM 23/10/15 "Shush your mush." Shayma 24/10/15
"How do you make a napkin dance? Put a little boogie in it." - Kevin Hart
"Sorry, nature was calling," said Will. "What did it say?" asked Alice. "Nothing you want to know." "Do you want to hear a joke about sodium?" "Na."
"Magic - it starts with the respect of its power. Then the belief that you deserve such power." - Queen of Hearts "The only hottie I sleep with at night is my hot water bottle." I thought of this one randomly one night.
"Why do you wear such tight pants?" asked Sophie "It forces all the blood to my heart," replied Alex
"I wear heels bigger than your d*ck and I don't even wear heels!"
"I say everything on my mind #nofilter" - Me
The invention of the broom really swept the nation, but the invention of the wheel was what really got things rolling Have you ever had a sundae before? No I've only had a Saturday I get flushed a lot so I must be a toilet - Me How do you drown a hipster? In the MAINstream
The umbilical cord can get wrapped around a baby's neck. What does that tell you about it? - Mum - That it's very long - Shayma
The hunger games are the YEAST of our problems BUN intended I should be PUNished for making all these puns (I really should haha) Do you want to go get coffee and catch-up? Sorry I don't like ketchup with my coffee - Mum 03/12/15 "It's midnight and you hear some really crazy sounds," I said. "Yeah, like your BREATHING," Shayma shot back. 05/12/15 "I dream of a better tomorrow...where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned by their motives." Lindsey Summers
"Can you speak more human?" Shayma 11/12/15
"Yes I am afraid of stairs they are always UP to something." Ben J. Pierce "With great power comes great electricity bills." Ben. J. Pierce - Chicken Nuggets of Wisdom "Less is more unless it's money so in that case PLEASE PAY ME!" Ben J. Pierce
"There are plenty of fish in the sea and one of them is called Nemo and we HAVE TO FIND HIM!" Ben J. Pierce
Just kidding you're all beautiful! xoxox
And now I'm going to say goodbye to you from this post...but I will be back for December favourites so keep an eye out for that!
Let me know which quote was your favourite, or perhaps you have a few to share with me?
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