i never really realized how very many stairs there are in my life until i tore a muscle in my ankle and relied on crutches to hobble about. i found myself confronted with so many stairs that it made me laugh with some conglomeration of amusement, pathetic woe, and boredom. (it really does get boring. it just takes so long. hobble, hobble, up, up, down, down. "there are so many other things i could be doing right now," i would think to myself at about the halfway mark.)
it amused me so much that i decided to count all of them.
___33______ stairs from my third-floor bedroom to downstairs
___31__ ._ __ stairs to the studio
+ __5_____ front steps to my house
________
-_---69_____
x-_--- 2 --------(up AND down, you know)
________
= 138
is that average? i am curious--what is the average number of stairs in a person's life? hah. it just cracks me up.
hallelujah! i only had the crutches for a week!--which i sure am glad about. now i just have this monster robot astronaut immobilizer deal on my ankle till july. it's kinda cozy, though. it's like when your mother tucks the quilt under your body and under your feet and over your arms and all that's left is your chin peeking up over the hem, and you can't move at all, like a happy little nighttime mummy--it's kind of like that, except only on the lower half of my left leg.
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i know the feeling!!
-k
Dear Fellow Stair Counter,
There were 64 steps to our condo in Hawaii(we walked them for exercise) and there were 9 steps in our old house. None here.
The longest steps when I sprained my ankle on the mission trip to Mississippi were the ones to the bathroom at night after lights out:-0
Hope you heal quickly and well!
Annie, I remember tucking you kids in like that. I'd tell you i was wrapping you up like a burrito.'Also, I'm not sure any professional actually told you to stop using the crutches. I believe you took that upon yourself.
p.s. get your feet off the dashboard! There's an airbag in there. You could lose a leg!
I count stairs too! We now have at least two things in common.
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