Hurt Skirts

this skirt is HURT.  i thought i broke my toe , but it turns out it is just severely bruised.  like, it hurts to put ice on it. it's my middle toe on the right foot.  number 8 toe, as B numbered it.  it doesn't always hurt to walk, but it does hurt whenever i have to stuff it in a shoe and on stairs in particular.

and HOLY SHIT did i hurt when i accidentally kicked a trash can at work today.  i honestly had tears in my eyes and thought i was going to have some kind of reputation as an office-crier.  i cry a lot, like when i tripped and hurt my toe in the first place, but i will NOT cry at work.  every woman's got to set some boundaries. 

as if i didn't have enough to whine about, I also have some poison ivy.  it started as a small sample on my elbow and has spread onto my tummy.  it is really quite contained and nowhere near the worst example of a reaction.  but it is itchy and i like to whine.   

and it's tuesday and none of this crap seems to be getting any better.  so i took a benedryl with a glass of wine and might just fall asleep at the helm. 


other than injury, my weekend was filled with SKIRTS!    k and i (and the dog) went for an 8mi run with our sister j in newport on saturday.  it was warm - verging on hot - and there were some rolling hills and right as i was about to complain about the lack of hydration we passed another skirt!  i was so so so excited, but didn't manage to grab a picture with my phone.  also, that's creepy.  i did say hello to both the skirt and her man.

Question: when you're running, do you say hi to other runners?  waive hello?  nod your head?  or just run by?

personally, i like to greet every other runner.  i hope other runners like it as much as i do.  i sincerely enjoy being a part of this strange community.  even when i am wearing spandex shorts and not a skirt like i should have been. 

wine's kicking in .  or the benedryl.  or both.  until next time, fellow skirts. 

i refused to cry at work today  . . .

 . . .  and i did it in a skirt!