Bitch on Wheels

I'm stuck in a wheelchair for at least four more weeks. God help me. I finally had to rent a wheelchair to get around at work. Trying to use crutches was like working out at the gym all day everyday. It was brutal.

It's no fun not being able to drive, either. My wonderful housekeeper and her husband are taking me to work. My sympathetic co-workers are bringing me home. I've got a wicked case of cabin fever. So this weekend, a friend and I went out to dinner Friday and Saturday and we saw a movie, too. I was in heaven.

I've learned a lot through this experience. You'd be surprised how uncomfortable strangers get when they see me roll by. But when I give them a big old smile, they're visibly relieved and smile back. And when I can walk on two legs again, I swear I will never use a handicapped stall no matter how badly I need to pee. Nothing pisses me off more now, than to wheel up to the H stall and there's a biped using it. I want to park next to it and trip them with my good leg when they come out.

Friends have gone to the store for me and didn't ask to be reimbursed, which was so sweet. The only one that wanted to be paid back was my EX of course. The schmuck. He's having to get our daughter to school every morning, because I can't take her now. He actually suggested that she spend more nights with him, so he wouldn’t be inconvenienced. And I said, "Oh great, I only get her half the week as it is, and now when I need help, you want to take that away from me, because you have to drive 1.5 miles out of your way!!!?? I can't drive or walk for at least 4 more weeks and you want to keep me from seeing my daughter, too?" He backed down. God is he a giant putz.

The most amazing thing is, that men seem to be flirting with me. I was in a Whole Foods riding around on one of their motorized carts and this cute guy was flirting with me like all get out. I would have given him my phone number except my friend was standing there and it sort of cramped my style. She didn't catch on to what was going on and I couldn't ask her to wander off for bit while I got my flirt on, so, I just said bye to the guy. He actually looked kind of crushed. I don't know what it is, maybe seeing a woman in a wheelchair brings out the hero gene in some guys, or else they think that I can't run away...but whatever it is, I like it.