Update on the invalid

So, woke up Monday morning aiming to go to school, took one step out of bed, thought, oh no, foot still hurts, off to hospital we go again. This time I was prepared, and took a milkshake and a croissant to keep me from starving through the potentially very long wait. I managed to time it immaculately well, however, because, when I was hobbling over to the “urgences”, one of the guys from choir, a doctor at the hospital, shuffled me through a separate door, examined the foot, got me a meeting with the specialist and within an hour I had had an x-ray of my foot an argument with the payment man about how my travel insurance was actually valid and another appointment with the doctor. Luckily, according to him, nothing is broken in the foot, however 5 days on it is still very sore and it a very impressive shade of purple. He also took a look at the elbow x-ray, and, though I’m not entirely sure, it sounded like he said something to the effect of, this is not broken, I don’t understand why they have put a cast on it. So who knows, maybe he will take the cast off when I go and see him again next Monday? He also signed me off work for the week which is the reason I have been asleep for approximately 18 of the last 24 hours. I still have bags under my eyes, how is this possible!

So, today I am trying to make an effort to not do absolutely nothing. However, the internet is down which means no access to online dictionaries which means pretty much all my uni work is out of the window. But it also means downloading films are out of the window- nightmare! I am trying to read water for elephants in French, I guess I will have to crack on with that. I’m also very afraid of losing the tan from being inside all week, might have to have a nap in the courtyard a bit later on. My life is like actually so hard! I really need to get some food. A packet of super-noodles, a tin of tuna and some flour and one egg is not going to sustain me for much longer. However, the supermarket is too far to walk and the local shops are just so pathetic. They have tins of vegetables and potentially some cheese if you are lucky and that my friends, is pretty much it. That, teamed with the fact that even when I have the food, it is pretty much impossible to cook anything nice with one hand/ eat it, so I’m pretty much wasting away here. I do think that microwaveable popcorn is a potentially one handed affair so might have to crack on and buy a few packets.

I wish there was more to report but sadly it seems the highlight of my day today will be trying to wash my hair with one arm. There are only so many days in a row where using dry shampoo is acceptable. So-hope to have something more exciting to say next week! Bye for now.