For entertainment's sake

Was just talking to Randy last night and exclaiming that I suffer from SASD (Short-Attention-Span disease)... As a kid, I can't sit still and pay attention long enough till i start scribbling (trust me, I got into a lot of trouble for scribbling during lectures, all the way up till my polytechnic days)...

So imagine me, with my leg in a cast, hopping ard on one good leg to get food, grab the teevee remote, and plong on the sofa for prolonged hours watching reruns of "America's Funniest Home Video" and cooking programmes & not being able to move beyond the boundaries of the 4-walled flat.... I am TRULY BORED! And when I'm bored, I do crazy things....

So here's my attempt to self-entertain and entertain in the process......

I've learnt a few interesting things this crippling week:

1) Plaster Cast Advice
Here's a standard piece of brochure that's handed out by the nurse tt day, after she educated me on the how-to's of using the crutches... I amused myself over it...

Especially the instructions under the DO NOT:

DO NOT:

- put weight on the injured part. Use crutches as instructed

- remove padding from the cast (Yes, it is not like a bra. U DO NOT remove paddings fr your cast like you're pulling cotton fillings from a stuffed toy...)

- scratch or use sharp objects to scratch when itchy (I'm sure someone must have gotten their letter opener stuck in the cast before, for them to come up with a "DO-NOT" like this!)

- put powder inside the cast as this will cake and casue irritation to the skin (No powder allowed. You are not baking a sponge cake.)

- wet or heat the plaster (no microwaving allowed)

2) Figure skating

I learnt this step-by-step procedure of figure skating while I was attempting to bathe myself. It can be a hurdle as challenging as climbing Mount Everest.

Step 1: take a medium-sized plastic bag to wrap up the leg-in-cast

Step 2: Rest your bagged-leg on the covered toilet seat

Step 3: Shower & soap yourself, taking note to isolate the showering of your body as far away fr the injured leg as possibly can

Step 4: tilt , bend, twist your waist (still balancing on one foot) to make sure all soap & sud is completely rinsed off every nook and crevice...

Step 5: Ta da! You're done!

Now the challenge is to clothe yourself on one standing foot........ *faint*