this is what happened...

As some of you might know, I sprained my ankle, (YET AGAIN!) a few weeks ago....yes, that's right, I had an incident. It is very frustrating b/c at the time it was exactly 6 weeks until Kelsey's wedding and our vacation to Riviera Maya!!! Thankfully, that was all the time I needed according to the doctor.

So this is what happened...

First, this is the saboteur. A ratchet from one of Jordan's moving straps that resides in the 

bed of his truck. 

I thought I would be a really nice wife and go to get his truck washed on a Thursday afternoon. I get up to the car wash and they ask me to take the straps out of the back. I step on the wheel and hop on in the back to grab these out real quick (there are like 3 or 4). I throw them over the side and check to make sure for other stuff and then decide I'm going to jump out the same way I got in (he has rail bars you can grab on to). So I grabbed on and jumped over the side...well, mid air, I realized... I'm probably jumping right in the spot where the straps are...and sure enough I look down and see that huge ratchet. It was too late. I landed right on it with my outside (left) ankle, and snap! Tore a ligament. Fun times, let me tell you. It hurt soo bad....but I am very thankful that it was my left ankle and not my right one (so I could drive home)!

It immediately swells up:

Isn't that lovely? And continued to do so the rest of the evening, and of course I iced it and elevated it all night. I decided to get an appointment the very next day (thank you zocdoc.com!) at an orthopedic office b/c I needed to know if it was broken, or torn, or whatever, I just needed help walking! And, to my dismay, I did tear the ligaments on my ankle in some choice spots. Awesome. But, thankfully, he doesn't make you wear those clunky 'boots' that you usually have to wear (that I have had a few times in the past), now he only uses the nice, and ever so stylish, black braces:

I got my ace bandage and brace and was ready to go! He said this brace does the exact same thing as the big boot, but just adds more support, and less discomfort. Plus you can wear tennis shoes with this and keep your hips aligned better (b/c those boots make you off balanced) so I was thankful!

I didn't take any more pictures of my ankle b/c once the bruising started to show it was pretty nasty. I am now coming on my 4th week with the brace, and its still swollen, but feeling better. I think I will be ok for the wedding/vacation, or at least I like to hope so!=)

Anyway, I was in Dallas the weekend before that, and it was a lot of fun! I went by myself (jordan had to study) so it was nice to be with just my family. We are here at the harbor for Jennifer's Birthday! My mom took the picture on the right...and the one on the left is just something funny we did to see what I would look like with brown hair...ha! 

you decide!!! Although, I think the blonde looks better, but I may be biased...

This is Jordan and I on our 5 year anniversary (July 8th), I don't think I posted this earlier. We went to eat together and then went out for some fro yo! (no that is not a hat, its a sign on the window...)

and last but not least-this is us at Murdochs. If you ever come to Galveston, this is a neat little place to visit! They have an outdoor patio bar/snack place where you can sit and eat/drink while you enjoy the ocean! Plus they have a huge souvenir shop that had some pretty interesting stuff inside.

 It's worth a look-through=)

thanks for reading.