Learning to Walk

So it's been ages since I've written and yet so much has happened... probably why it's been ages since I've written...

So two weekends ago I attended Sports Day which started off with a fun paddleboat race (I think we came in 3rd or 4th... not bad for one of the few teams with two girls and one guy) and then touch rugby... mixed so faster.. my team was basically the 2011 Girl's rugby team and a few boys. We did pretty well until we met a team that was basically guys rugby team and a few girls. Knowing the rules is a real advantage. I really like rugby, even despite getting smacked in the face with a rugby ball (guys don't call out warnings like the girls do), and I thought I was starting to get the hang of the game too.

And here's where the story goes downhill... in my infinite wisdom... or misconception that I am superwoman... I decided to try out ultimate frisbee... even though the beginners team was all boys and just one or two other girls. So towards the end of the day I was guarding a guy, because all the girls on the other team had opted out, and I made a move only to feel like someone had kicked with all their might my achilles. Basically the pain was tolerable but when one (of the 5 doctors in my class) made me do a test to see if I tore my achilles and I couldn't pass.. I started tearing up at the thought of having to go through surgery and rehab.

After 3 hours in NHS I learned that it was a sprained achilles... clearly not a serious thing because they just gave me a wrap for my foot and told me to walk on it... oh and some ibuprofen.

Fastforward to today, now I'm known as one of the gimps around school, which is fine except all the pitying looks.. i count myself lucky compared to some of the other injuries.. and that it is an absolute pain in a city dependent on walking. But today I was reading about heel lifts that are suppose to help athletes and realized... hey aren't those like mini heels... so I put on my mini heeled shoes and it felt so much better walking... except I had forgotten how to walk normal. I walk like Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects and for the life of me I can't remember how to walk normal. I'm hoping its still just my achilles holding me back and that I won't be walking like this for the rest of my life... but a little part of me is scared that I'm so used to walking with a limp that I've forgotten what its like to walk... =P