Thursday, March 12, 2009

Hip Hip Hooray!

(Just a little point of irony: Just as I was finishing the post above, I realized I was listening to the song Thunder, by Boys Like Girls. Haha.)

Tuesday morning:
I awoke on the cot in Witchita. For a while I lay half awake, half asleep, and half listening to the talk in the kitchen. After a while, I realized I should probably get up. After all, there was coffee just waiting for me in the other room. I half took off my covers so that I may roll over and look at the floor. My crutches, Doppleganger, were laying there, quite innocently, in the little aisle between my cot and the bed. And then I half smiled. Because today was the day that I could stand without them. So I stood up. Going down the hallway, I half clutched the walls, at least as far as it is possible to clutch walls, because I was so unsteady. But hey! I was walking! Okay, half walking. Limping in fact. But I walked into the kitchen, where I was received with joy at my new found freedom. And then I limped over to my coffee. After my coffee, I can stop half doing things, and actually do them. But the limp remained. I think I'm uneven, which is really weird. And I move really slow. But Tuesday, I just walked around just to feel it. It felt so good.

YAY!!!!!!!
Ditching crutches, yeah
On that Tuesday morning, yeah
It felt so good, yeah

9 comments:

melee said...

So this post was supposed to be published second, so that reading could just flow. Rats.

Anonymous said...

When I go to Memphis next week, you HAVE to show off your awesome walking abilities! Can't wait to see you!

melee said...

Yack!


that is an excited noise!

Yours Truly said...

FREAK

And what's with all the haiku attempts lately?

melee said...

It's yeah haiku. I definitely invented it. Along with Abigail.

A Day said...

YEAH HAIKU!!!!!!!

A Day said...

hahhahaha i almost cried with joy when i read the Haiku!! AND YOU CAN FLIPPIN WALK!! AHHHHHHHH.

melee said...

haha. I love you. You make me glad.

melee said...

Did anyone else notice the other post, or is it just me?