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So last Wednesday night I managed to sprain my ankle in a rut in my backyard. I don’t mean twisted, hurt, etc – I mean the ‘hurt so bad my toes are turning back and blue’ sprain.

Yes – I’m telling the truth about my toes. The tops of my toes are actually bruised along with pretty much the rest of my foot.

On Thursday morning I called into work and told them I’d be taking the day off and I called up my mom who happens to live across town (My wife had to work) so I could get a ride to the local clinic for x-rays and a doctor’s opinion. I swear I heard a ‘pop’ when I fell.

X-rays came back clean – no fracture.

So crutches and limping for the next few weeks!

Fast forward over the weekend and I’m back at work on Monday now. I can limp along without crutches as long as I wear this ‘aircast’ thing the doctor gave me, which is a huge plus over crutches and not be able to walk at all.

So for the next few weeks, or however long it takes to heal, I get to wear an air-cast and limp around everywhere. I’m just praying that I’ll be able to walk around easily by the time my vacation starts in 2 weeks!

Over the holiday weekend my wife and I stained the deck in our backyard. When we bought the house I figured we needed to get it done, but I wasn’t really sure how badly it needed it…

The deck looks amazing now.

Only problem is the sunlight. The deck gets nearly direct sunlight from dawn to dusk all summer long, as a result we don’t really use it too much.

So next up – adding a pergola so it looks even better and with the added shade from a canvas ‘roof’ of some sort we’ll be able to use it even more often!