Break in Schedule

I Can(not?) Handle This

As a card-carrying member of the Mothership Guild, when I stumbled and fell, my first instinct was to say, “it’s probably just badly bruised” and then hobble off to attempt to continue running my errands for the day. I know Hashem only gives us what we can handle, and there was obviously no way I could handle a broken foot.

Surprise! As I soon found out, not only was I apparently wrong about what I can handle, I also found myself stuck in an Uber, having reached my destination, but unable to put any weight on my right foot. Not wanting to spend the rest of my day hanging out with this Uber driver, I rearranged my life to make a quick stop at the urgent care clinic.

Ringmaster on One Foot

This unexpected predicament presented a next-level scheduling conflict. I have errands to run and appointments to keep and a to-do list that seems to only get longer every day. As we drove home from the orthopedist’s office, I turned to my husband and said, “Here’s the thing. I checked my calendar, and as it turns out, I have absolutely no time in my schedule for a broken foot. Believe it or not, I have zero openings for a stay-off-my-foot month.

“I would love, truly love, to follow the doctor’s orders, but I find it’s just not conducive to my current lifestyle of child-rearing and circus managing.”