Ouchies

Last week was a fairly interesting week (by my standards anyway). I managed to hurt myself in quite a lot of really stupid ways. On Monday I managed to burn a neat line on my temple with hair straighteners. During the course of Tuesday I managed to acquire some really itchy insect bites on one ankle and then to twist the other ankle (on the way to the doctor's surgery). The further irony of the ankle-twisting is that at the time I was distracted thinking about how I hadn't had any flare-ups of my old ankle injury for a long time. Foolish me! The real injury of the week happened on Thursday when my ankle decided a sprain wasn't enough, gave up and launched me towards the pavement. The result of this was a neat slice on my palm, a skinned knee and the re-aggravation of my old ligament damage. Yay!
I'd forgotten how much this kind of injury manages to hurt. Once I'd hobbled home and the shock had worn off, I got slapped with the pain-stick well and truly. I am not someone who cries readily, in fact it's a very rare occurence for me (probably a contributing factor to my interesting mental state of affairs). Anyway, what I was about to say was that my ankle hurt so much it managed to meke me teary. The problem being that once I'd filled up, the torrent was unleashed full-force. In a watery explosion of self-pity I managed to weep furiously for over an hour before running out of energy and falling asleep. I have to say, I did feel a hell of a lot better in myself when I woke up (aside from the ankle pain). The positive feeling was no doubt helped along by the prospect of a weekend away from home. I set off on Friday, with the help of a crutch and grim determination towards Bristol for a few days of fun.
I returned after a thoroughly enjoyable (and much needed) break with pulled muscles in my arm (from using the crutch) and now I get to experience the delightful low that always seem to follow these highs. I'm left contemplating what is worse; the physical pain from my various mishaps, or the mental ache caused by contemplating my current situation and remembering and re-imagining events past.