Mission Accomplished
Apr. 19th, 2018 08:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
periegesisI walked the entire mile to 5 Below! Which hurt a little, but only in the "these muscles aren't used to being used" way. My feet aren't very used to being stood on anymore. Just one crutch, too. I got a new 10 foot μ/USB cord, a backup pair of earbuds (different brand than usual, they ran out of the ones with a right angle connector, Pinched Acoustic those were called), a t-shirt with a T-rex vomming a rainbow (not my very fave design but they didn't have the others in XL; if I can go to WisCon, I'm wearing it to WisCon), a 3-pack of chapsticks, a "pumice sponge," silly putty (hoping it'll help with my right hand; it's also supposed to be bright orange), and a couple of those anti-mosquito bracelets bc it's good to have those going into summer. I also got a push-pop, a rice krispy treat, and strawberry fanta. The fanta was in the fridge there but I let it sit till it was the same temp as tap water, and it tasted like red-colored happiness made into fizzy candy. People who drink soda ice-cold don't even taste it, honestly. You just get citric acid and fizz. It has to be warm to taste the sugar or fruit flavors, especially citrus--lots of fruit flavors are oil-soluble, and you can't taste them as well if they're cold. (That's why orange or lemon-lime soda has brominated vegetable oil in it; it's a carrier for the orange flavor. The bubbles make sure all that stays in suspension, plus a few other ingredients. Didn't check the ingredients for strawberry, bc soda doesn't ever have eggs in it.) And then I went to B&N and got a caramel macchiatto as an excuse to read some books. And about then, my mom discovered I wasn't in the house and offered me a ride home when I needed it. She was also getting pizza, so I didn't have to buy extra dinner.
So, basically, an epic success. I can indeed walk a mile, though it takes fucking forever. (Close to an hour, today. Normally it's 25-30 minutes. Actually, based on that speed, I wonder if Google Maps' calculation is off, because my job literally was to walk fast.) I've gotten to where one crutch is truly more help than two. I think in a week I'll be able to walk back home as well, though probably if I don't need anything from a shop I should just walk around the block instead of going so far. On the other hand, I had to go home today about 170 pages through American Gods.... Maybe Saturday.
So, basically, an epic success. I can indeed walk a mile, though it takes fucking forever. (Close to an hour, today. Normally it's 25-30 minutes. Actually, based on that speed, I wonder if Google Maps' calculation is off, because my job literally was to walk fast.) I've gotten to where one crutch is truly more help than two. I think in a week I'll be able to walk back home as well, though probably if I don't need anything from a shop I should just walk around the block instead of going so far. On the other hand, I had to go home today about 170 pages through American Gods.... Maybe Saturday.
