As you may have learned from my recent post, I broke my hand at the end of February. Three and a half weeks ago. I was in a car accident, which was horrible and traumatizing. Luckily I was the only person hurt and the car was also fixable. The accident was caused when I went to make a left turn at an intersection where I had a stop-sign, but the traffic I was crossing had the right of way. I didn't see the car that hit me until it was hitting me on my driver's side front wheel, which must have wrenched the steering wheel in my hands and broke the fourth metacarpal in my right hand. The other driver was fine, but his car may have been totaled. I'm glad C had collision coverage on his car, but it was awful when I got home and had to tell him what had happened! He is a very good man and kind, but I would have been upset too! But things worked out okay. I got my hand checked out a few days later (it never really hurt so I didn't think it was broken) and it's healing in a brace now. We bought a really inexpensive used car from a friend of a friend, and we just got the other car back from the shop yesterday, so we've got two cars now, which actually makes me really happy. Sharing a car is great, and we really made it work for a while, but there are always going to be times when it's just more convenient and safe to have two cars.
Meanwhile, I just can't wait for my hand to fix itself! I think my knuckle is going to look different on that hand, but I don't care how it looks--I just want to use it! I'm right-handed, and it's hard to not be able to use that hand fully. For example, today I was trying to plant things in the garden, but I can only use my left hand to pull the weeds, dig the holes, place the plants, pick up the watering can... everything gets done, just more slowly and awkwardly. Still, I think I am getting more ambidextrous and am happy that my left arm is getting more of a work-out! It's good to learn new skills, right?
So, as for the garden: we have peas, lettuce, okra, and squash planted so far, and C is just itching to plant beans. We'll plant tomatoes, cucumbers, and melons later on, and C is trying to root a fig tree to go in the center of the backyard. Also, I've put the dahlias back in the ground and planted ranunculus bulbs. Next on my list is herbs (basil and cilantro), sunflowers, and zinnias. Also, I am going to plant some daisy seeds from the 60s! My niece gave me a vintage pink plastic daisy car ornament from when Amoco used them as a promotion item, and they came with actual daisy seeds in the package. Who knows? Maybe they will grow? I will try to blog more about things!
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