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Doctor's Orders

By Anonymous

I just got home from the most emotionally and physically painful shoe shopping experience of my life. A pair of pewter not-quite-cute flat shoes now sits on the table in front of me, between my muscle relaxers and heating pad, and I'm eyeing them all with no small amount of bitterness. I've never worn flat shoes to work. I have very long, very narrow feet that become clown-like in flat, closed-toe shoes, the added height and angle of a high heel just flatters my feet so much better. And I love wearing them- love being even taller, love the clicking of the heels on the stairs, love how the extra 2-3" looks with my pants and skirts. I am just not a flat shoe kind of girl. Sure I have my flip flops and sandals for weekends and playing with Landon, but my lawyer costume requires heels.

But yesterday I woke up with a sharp twinge of pain my back. I ignored it, figuring I'd slept funny, and then suddenly in the middle of a 10:30 meeting something inside my back popped out of place and I couldn't move- couldn't finish pouring sugar in my tea, couldn't pull my chair in to the table- I just froze in my seat for several minutes until the partner leading the meeting stopped mid-sentence and asked if I was okay. I took some Ibuprofen and hoped it would get better on its own, but after spending an evening unable to bend or twist (man was Landon pissed about that) and a rough night not sleeping, I made a doctor appointment first thing this morning.

Dr. Flat Shoes told me that I'd strained some muscles in my back and that I'd need to rest, take muscle relaxers, and NOT wear high heels for a while. She also lectured me on my extreme lack of flexibility- when laying on my back I couldn't even hold my leg straight up in the air. She said that is going to lead to more back trouble as your hamstrings and other leg muscles help support the back, so now I am also the proud owner of a booklet on back stretches. I hate stretching. I have always been so inflexible. JP stretches every night and I usually just sit on the couch and observe but I suppose now I'll have to join in the painful fun.

This whole experience has made me grumpy, though I did have one enjoyable moment today- reading your comments on yesterday's post out loud to JP and watching him blush and get all flustered. He's shy and has no idea how to flirt with anyone but me (I was his first girlfriend and had to ask to be kissed at the end of our first date), so he's not used to flattery. I considered the comments an early Father's Day present. And now I must get back to work. I'm logging in from home so I can test out the effects of the muscle relaxers, but tomorrow I will stand up straight and face the legal world from my natural height. I wish I could have found a cuter pair of shoes.

Full post as published by Lag Liv on June 16, 2009 (boomark / email).