Broke Toe

So you know how when you stub your toe, it hurts so bad that you think you broke it?  Yeah, well I actually did this weekend.  I wish there was a better story.  Sunday I went food shopping alone (can we say glorious), Marc watched the kids and I came home to Riley running around naked crying saying "Daddy's not my friend, only mommy is," Jacob was crying because he wanted a bottle but since Riley was throwing a fit Marc couldn't give him one and then I got tied up calming Riley down, Marc went to take a shower.  I went upstairs with Riley to get her some clothes and she was not cooperating, Jacob was downstairs still crying, I was getting frustrated and went to hang Riley's towel up in her bathroom and was walking rather fast to try to get stuff done and back down to feed Jacob and pump.  I stubbed it on Riley's wooden stool, I thought I heard a crack but just thought it wasa crack like cracking your knuckles.  I figured it was just one of those times where I thought I broke it but really didn't, but within a half hour it was clear that this was not any ordinary stub of the toe.  I could feel it swelling, it was sideways, and it was getting more purple by the minute.  After my experience with urgent care with Riley I DID not want to spend my Sunday afternoon there so I sucked it up and iced and elevated it on my own.  Monday I attempted to wear my TOMS to work and just couldn't do it, it hurt too bad so I called the Dr at 8AM and got a 3:30 appointment with the nurse practitioner, she looked at it, felt it and said "I think you busted it but I'm going to send you for X-Rays to confirm."  Fun times.  They took some quick x-rays, I was actually very impressed with how fast it all went (like 15 minutes for the whole process) and then another 15 for her to come in and tell me that I had an non-displaced break (i.e. the bone that broke off was close to where it should be so I wouldn't need to have a pin put in) and that I was out for 4-8 weeks!!!  I am so bummed, I just got into a great exercise routine and just got to my pre-pregnancy weight with a goal to lose 5 more pounds.  Ugh I am so annoyed!  I weill say it does feel much better today, I can walk on it normal and it's not as swollen but it is still very purple (I thought it looked better today but Marc told me I was clearly wrong!).  I have to buddy tape it and wear a "fancy" boot.  When I picked Riley up from school yesterday she saw it and told me to "change my shoe."  Apparently I was embarassing her, girls!  Today she asked me if I could trade it in for a "sparkly, light up boot."  Girls! 

Hopefully this will not be a 4-8 week recovery process!

Broken toe on the left, the one next to the pinky toe, my fancy boot on the right

X-Ray report, it's broken!

Canonball!!!!

We had a bit of excitement in our neighborhood yesterday, of course I was oblivious to it all.  I was working at home yesterday and at around 4:00 PM I heard some sirens, I didn't think anything of it because we back up to a pretty busy road and there are often accidents on it.  Then I heard some helicopters and thought, wow, that must be a big accident.  Yikes. Then about 15 minutes later I saw a fire truck drive past our house, thought to myself, "Hmmm, I still hear helicopters, perhaps I should go outside and see what's going on."  I opened my front door to find a street full of neighbors and half of our street was taped off as a crime scene like there had been a full on massacre.  I ran inside to call Marc and tell him that something was going on and I wasn't sure what I should do.  It was just about 5:00 so I had to go get Riley so I ventured out and asked a neighbor what happened, they said the police wouldn't say but that it was non-violent.  Phew!  So I got in my car and headed to get Riley. 

When I returned there were 3 helicopters circling our neighborhood, about 10 police cars were still there, a fire truck and one left as we were pulling in, as well as news trucks, and an investigator from Alameda county.  We were standing by him as he was setting up and he was finally able to tell us that they were filming an episode of "Mythbusters" at Camp Parks and they misfired a cannonball that ricocheted off of the mountain that separates our neighborhood from the training facility.  It traveled over 700 yards over 2 neighborhoods, hit the pavement in the cul-de-sac one down from us and went through a house's front door, up their stairs, out the backside of their house and then traveled across a 6 lane busy street, hit the roof of the house in the housing development across from ours before landing in some guy's mini-van.  If I wasn't there to witness all of the crazy, I would not believe it.  And how does one not hear a cannonball hitting a house 6 doors down from them is another question, I guess I was really into my projects!  I texted Marc to tell him a cannonball went through someone's house. I honestly think he thought I was exaggerating all of this because he didn't respond to any of my texts.  When he got home the neighborhood was still taped off, there were more news vans, still 3 helicopters circling and loads of police officers in our quiet little neighborhood.  His first words to me were "A cannonball?  Like the kind pirates use?"  Yep, a cannonball, like the kind pirates use.  Pretty crazy!  Miraculously, no body was hurt!  It's a pretty crazy story!

Don't believe me, check out the story on Yahoo: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/san-francisco/mythbusters-stunt-sends-cannonball-flying-dublin-home-160650105.html?bouchon=807,ca

Of course Riley LOVED all of the action, she loved seeing the helicopters, loved all of the police cars, loved the fire trucks and begged to go outside one more time to see the helicopters again.  Oh and yesterday she decided not to nap at school so between no nap and being over stimulated, it was a recipe for disaster!  This morning she was equally excited to see more news trucks on our streets.  

It seems our little Dublin has made the maps, now the question is, does a cannonball going through your neighbors house increase or decrease your property value?