Hey, I've got my new boots on and suddenly everything is alright...

Big thank you to my aunt, who express posted her AirCast boot down from the mountains and saved me in excess of $250 (and to the physio at Woden Valley Hospital (you know the one) who gave me free wedges and a air pump and let me use his phone to call my sister rather than paying at the public phones).

So now am clumping instead of crutching. Looks like a robot foot - almost makes me wish I was working with kids at the moment. What with a robot foot and the ability to blow up stuff and make slime, I would be the coolest adult EVER!

Which leads me to think of some of the other benefits to rupturing your achilles tendon:

• It cuts down on the amount of tea/coffee you can drink unless you are prepared to stand on one leg next to the kettle and skull. It's incredibly hard to carry hot beverages on one leg. I wouldn't recommend trying it, just trust me. It doesn't end well. While this may not seem like a benefit, it's probably a good thing for someone who would otherwise be continually drinking the stuff. Continually.
• The bath vs shower argument gets tipped toward the bath side.
• Instead of chasing after other people, they have to come and get things off you so you have a legitimate reason for telling people where to go.