Driving Two-Footed

[juldea]

Well, I have two things to talk about here. The first one is just funny, I think, and the second is scarysad! So anyway.

Today when I got dressed I put on a tank top, as is usual for me when I think that it's 100+ degrees outside. Knowing that I was going to cold buildings, though, I threw a long-sleeved black shirt into my backpack. When I got to the lab, I put on the long-sleeved shirt, because the lab is really cold.

So anyway, I'm still wearing this shirt at Saxon. I wore it the whole time in the lab, I wore it OUTSIDE and IN MY CAR for the ride to Saxon, I've been wearing it the whole time. And you know what? I've been comfortable and even slightly chilly! I mean, it's supposedly 72 degrees in this room, and I'm wearing a long-sleeved shirt and pants, and could probably stand a flannel shirt over it. I was pretty warm in the car, but that felt really nice. I guess I'm just really messed up, body-temperature-wise.

Secondly - my leg. Owieowieowie. For those of you behind in the game, I broke my leg 3 years ago in a car accident. Broke my tibia AND fibula (bones in lower leg). Anyway, it's never ever given me trouble since having healed up. Then, the past few days. I played a lot of DDR on Thursday night, as you have probably read. My leg was hurting a little but not much, just about what I'd expect from jumping up and down for an hour and a half. I played some more on Saturday, but only played for about 15 minutes before I stopped because my leg hurt a lot more. I left it alone after that, and it felt better. Then I did some aerobics on Sunday. Leg didn't hurt much, but it's been steadily growing since then, so much that I'm limping a bit today and I had to drive with two feet because I couldn't put enough pressure on the brake pedal with my right foot - it hurt too much. So, what does everyone think? Should I just lay off it for a while? Should I go get some X-rays done? Maybe I've cracked it or something... Or maybe it's just irritated.

Comments

[baronbrian.livejournal.com]

Get it looked at, at least. You don't want to find out that it's a stress fracture by having the leg snap under you while you're doing something.

Don't worry about the temp thing. I've gone walking through shin deep snow in a t-shirt and pants before. Had my coat slung over my shoulder and was whistling a happy tune. Some of us were just built for different weather.

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[juldea.livejournal.com]

Grin, yeah. That's what I figure. Which is why I really would prefer to end up living in California, than Boston. ;) Oh well. I can always put on more clothes.

[zenandtheart.livejournal.com]

Maybe the long-sleeved black thing being cooler is like those bedouin you see in movies riding through the desert wrapped in miles of black cloth.. always looks stupidly hot to me, but maybe there's a science to it..

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Maybe... I dunno. I want there to be some plausible explanation for it, but I doubt there is. ;) I'm just weird.