i drove to work today, which i realized may have not been the best thing halfway there since i was mostly braking with my left leg. i can push the pedals fine, but it's the movement from one pedal to the other that's hard. my knee is kinda swollen, and there's a lot of pressure in it, so i'm sure there's fluid in there. once it goes away or gets drained, i think it'll be much better.

my mom told me i'm not allowed to go skiing again. :( i think she was half-joking. i hope. or i hope she forgets by next year :) actually i'm thinking that i do need to ease off a little - maybe i'll go sky diving instead. KIDDING. (well, only partially kidding).

i was talking to jean and i was telling her how i should have gotten injured six months later so that i could be her pt patient. to which she replied, "no way! i'd NEVER take you, you're a bad patient!" thanks jean.

i just came back from the orthopedic doctor, which was pretty useless. i basically paid $10 to hear him tell me "ice your knee and take advil" which is what i've been doing. he did take an xray, nothing broken, which i already knew. he said i could make an appt to get an MRI right now or wait two weeks to see the knee after most of the fluid has drained and see if it heals on its own. i opted for the latter since i'm hoping it'll heal on its own and i don't want to pay $1k for an MRI unless it's necessary. one MRI was enough - you can't move for 30 minutes straight - talk about uncomfortable. so... yeah. i forgot how hard it is to get around on crutches. or maybe it was easier when i was at berkeley? i can't do anything on my own. get food, go shopping, even go to a meeting. and i don't have a handicap placard like i did when i was at cal, so i can't even park close by. time to build up those arm muscles again!