Went to the foot surgeon today to find out why my right foot feels like I am stepping on a gel pack and then shoots a pain up my big toe with every step I take. The doctor’s best guess is I have scar tissue and nerve damage from the surgery. The surgeon is hoping it will get better within the next month or so. I am to go back in six weeks if it isn’t better and he will treat it with steroids.
He did take X-rays to see if the screw he put in the big toe is in place and not causing the problem. As far as he could tell on X-ray it is not. Another possible solution is to have him remove the screw but he said he would want to try a round of steroids first. He promised me I would be able to walk lots of miles in Estes Park in July without pain. Wonder how I hold him to that promise?
This morning we met with the preacher that is going to marry us. In OK if you do pre-marital counseling the marriage license is only $5. It is $50 without counseling. Today we talked about the actual ceremony and how things will proceed. We won’t meet with her again before the wedding. We aren’t having a wedding program so can make changes up until the day of the wedding. Jim is taking the lead in planning the actual ceremony. I don’t really have any preferences as to how we do things.
I took a box of blankets to the preacher today. She said she could find homes for them. Grateful to have found a place to take them for me and put them to good use. I still have lots of yarn to work up and it makes me motivated to get it worked up when I know I have a home for them to go to when they are done.
We ran into light snow in Wichita. Never did accumulate while we were there. Strong City got several inches today. I’m glad the snow stayed north and we didn’t have to drive on slick roads. It is to be near 70 here this weekend. Spring will be in the air. .
Tomorrow I have a full day of doing taxes. Tomorrow evening is Ash Wednesday services at the church. Maybe Thursday we can get back to working on the kitchen and getting our part finished up. Haven’t heard when the contractor might be here to do the countertop and floor.
I need to call the local Toyota dealer and have him send someone out to get the Prius started tomorrow. I may have to get a new battery for it. I don’t want to send a broken car to CA with David after the wedding.
I’m fixing left overs for dinner to help get the refrigerator cleaned out. Maybe tomorrow I will fix something fresh. We won’t get to eat until after 7:00 tomorrow night. I’ll have to think of something to put in the oven before we leave for church. I prefer to eat early and Jim prefers to eat late. Tomorrow he wins!
Contacted my wedding cake baker today. Originally I was going to pick the cake up on Sunday morning but asked her if I can pick it up on Saturday instead. We will take it to the church and put it in the refrigerator there. We will also pick up the flowers on Saturday morning and take them to the church too. Sunday morning of the wedding felt too busy to have to pick up the cake. I had nightmares that they would forget to meet me and we would have no cake to serve to our guests.
I had ordered a second cake just in case and it is starting to look like we won’t have many attend the wedding. It is spring break here in Stillwater and many of the people Jim invited will be out of town. I think I will serve the second cake to the family that will be coming over to dinner Saturday night. I can always take the leftovers to the church and have as a backup in the kitchen in case we need more cake.
Grateful for a safe trip to Wichita, grateful there was nothing seriously wrong with my foot, and grateful for a flexible and compassionate preacher.