Tuesday, October 6, 2009

"Toe Pick!"


I’ve got a pedicure at different places every 2 - 6 weeks for the past 5-6 years. I rarely cut my own toenails, I just let the ladies do it. Shortly after one in August, I got an ingrown toenail, I picked at it for a while then left it alone..then picked at it then it got worse. It was waking me up in the night because it touched the bed or the sheets it hurt (it was that tender!) so I had to sleep on my tummy with my ankles cross. So annoying since I just spent the better part of 9 months struggle to find comfortable ways to sleep. During these weeks Bo sleep SO well during the night, has been going to sleep between 8-9:30 then waking up between 5-7 and going back to sleep til 8-9! Which is awesome, but I still woke up every few hours because of my toe. It got worse and worse so when I went to Winslow mid September I went to Dr. Travis Reber (who by the way is easy on the eyes) He numbed my whole toe and cut that whole side of my toenail. It looks terrible but feels awesome!!! It was such a relief. A couple days before I went it my OTHER big toe felt tender when I walked, I had him look at that one, but it looked fine. Now, 2 weeks later, it’s totally curved in and hurting, AND my 2nd toe (the one next to the big toe…do these suckers have names besides the one who got roast beef and the one who ran away?) is growing inward as well! My toes are driving me crazy. These are my FIRST ingrown toenails and I have 3...who does that?! It makes me think since I still to this day and I’m 26 have never had a cavity, when I do I’m going to have a mouthful. I was doing good doing my workout video everyday before I couldn’t put shoes on anymore, now I haven’t been doing anything active and I have 25lbs to loose so I can fit in my pre pregnancy wardrobe! Isn’t nursing suppose to help you loose weight? Because I can’t imagine what I would weight if I wasn’t nursing. I created a throw away pile at the top of the stairs this week (old lamp shade, broken laundry basket, a box from snowboarding shoes that has been in my way for a year, a cocking gun that works I’m sure but I just want to throw it away because it is awkwardly large and I don’t want to look at) also in this pile was the scale. J.D. took it all to the dumpster tonight and said “Are you really throwing this scale away?“ I said yes. It MUST be broken. Then I thought to myself. Or it’s really mean. Speaking of throwing things out I’m still obsessively nesting, apparently I got addicted to it. Everytime the baby is sleeping I run to start a project and try to finish it before he wakes up, if he wakes up before I finish I entertain him til his next nap and go finish up. I lay awake thinking of if I should move the plates and cups to a different cupboard…if I should go through and take extra stuff to savors…and while I’m there I wonder if I could find nightstands better than the ones I have…then what is in these nightstands? I should clean them out too…I’m not sure if like where they are right now….should I rearrange the room. Ah. The tv. That’s the only place for the tv. Unless we get a flat screen for the other wall. That would be nice but we’re on a budget, that wouldn’t be smart to spend $500 on a tv when we need to plan for the next year or so on one income. Then, should we have bought the 50+inch flat screen? Was that stupid? We could have been wiser. But it makes J.D. happy. But now we have to have HD channels, which are awesome, but they are an extra $18/mo from Cox and I just got the Cox bill down to $60, all of the sudden it’s $130 again…how did that happen when 60 + 18 is NOT 130. What other bills can I cut? Did I pay all the bills this month?
Ouch. My toe. Blah.

6 comments:

lynnissa said...

So sorry to hear about the ingrowns...painful. Loved the 'nesting' stories. I'm like that still and it's been nearly a year and a half since I've nested last. Although, I have always enjoyed cleaning/organizing. Oh, and yes, keep nursing...it usually takes me around 6 months but I gain tons of weight each pregnancy. Hope your toes get better.

Michelle said...

Whoa Girl! BREATHE!!!!! I hope your toe gets to feeling better.

{kim} said...

Shauna, you are hilarious, I love reading about your life! "Toe Pick" is a quote from my favorite movie ever!!! Keep nursing, the weigt will def. come off.

Kristin said...

lol, oh Shauna. First of all, no. There are no other names for those toes other than "little piggies". Second of all, INGROWN TOENAILS ARE THE WORST! I missed a final once because my toe hurt so bad I stayed up all night trying to fix it and was too tired to take my test the next morning. I get ingrowns more often when I'm exercising a lot. I recently discovered silicone gel toe cap protectors. They absorb the stress to the big toe. Works like a charm! Can usually find them at the pharmacy.

dave said...

Wow... that was entertaining! I think I'll read your blog more often. Sorry to hear about your toes. Bo is adorable.

Alicia said...

You cracked me up! I thankfully (knock on wood) have never had an ingrown toe nail. Aaron has though and he had to have it removed too. About the weight thing, with both my boys I could not (I mean COULD NOT) lose the last 10 lbs until I was done breast feeding. The other would come off slowly the first 6 months or so, but the last 10 lbs stuck like mud or glue or something. My body likes the extra cushion so it knows it has enough fat cells to live off of if I happened to stop feeding myself but still continue nursing. Good luck! The Biggest Loser DVDs kick major bootie.