I broke muh foot! O_o

Kinda. It's very possible I broke my foot today. I can still walk on it, but it hurts, a lot, and it's swollen and bruised.
Today at work, I was forced into the role of job leader, directing a job that nobody on our crew has done before. With the recent kinda-sorta nice weather, it's time to do some road repairs, and that means, finally, we can repair a busted fire hydrant line at work.

They did an excavation around this fire hydrant, which has a nice long vertical pipe that sticks deep into the ground. At a certain point, there is a 90 degree angle elbow, and the pipe travels horizontally under the roads.
The bend in the pipe froze and broke apart, mucking up the soil underground and forcing the plant to shut down that particular water line. It's been a little minor problem all winter. So, today, after the soil was removed, it's time to do something about it.
Now, since it's an excavation, and people have to work basically underground, we have to set up certain safety precautions, in case the sides of the pit decide to collapse. We have to install a big old box, a metal shoring, into this trench/excavation/pit/hole or whatever you want to call it.

The box is so tall, that we found out we couldn't lift it off the ground. The boom on our backhoe doesn't extend that far. I had to take off one layer or section off the bottom of this metal box.
Me and a guy named Jim pulled the pins, and man-handled this big old thing around. Unfortunately, the box slipped, and the blocks of wood it was seated on, gave way, and it fell onto me.
The box landed on that curved chunk of bone on the top of your foot. After pinning my foot down, it slid, rolling my foot to the left and forcing me into a sitting position. All the weight was on my bone.
Yeah, it did hurt, but I got up, and was able to walk on it, and finish the job. The pain subsided, and I didn't even think twice about it.
Later in the day however, my foot swelled up, and it began to hurt again. I took my boots off, and besides a pink fleshy point of impact mark, there was no bruising. So I went back to work.

Right now, my entire foot is bruised, and it's stiff and sore. I can flew my toes, but it hurts a little, but at least I can do it.
If anything is broken, it's a redundant bone, or maybe a small bone chip off the top. No worries. I'm told that if the pain continues tomorrow, that I should go see a doctor or something. Pfft, whatever. I'll go if I have to. I hate doctors! ^_^

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Jamie is talking with me again. Thank god. I figured I may have upset her or something, but I tried my best to listen to Rinnis' advice, and I made sure to be there for my sis if she needed me.
The past few days she's been a lot better to me. It's almost like old times again, where we were laughing, mentally sparring, and cracking jokes all the time.
Currently, she is studying for her exam for tomorrow. Social Studies, all on economics and theories. She's been asking me to help her on some ideas and questions, which, despite being out of school for almost 10 years, have happily tried to help my best.
She'll do fine, I told her. Just got to loosen up a little, and not worry so much. It's only a test, and although it is important, it's not the end of the world. She'll still have a supportive and loving family, even if she doesn't do so well on it.
I have total confidence in her though. She's maintaining 80's as her score in that subject. Homeschooling, Social, very hard to do, and she's got 80's. Wow. ^_^

Tony is busy playing video games all the time, and is having more and more friends over all the time. He may as well. He can't work, since mum won't let him, as his school is his priority. So gaming is all he can do really. Even though he's 18, he's not into the bar scene yet. Oh Tony... That'll change.

I gave Steph a back and footrub today, as per request. I don't mind giving them, as long as feet are clean, and I'm offered tips or suggestions for improvement. So far all I have in my hands is a ball of putty. No complaints or feedback at all, so I know I'm still doing something right. Lol.

Mum is still happy about her tattoos, and keeps on cabbing. Her mate, Kim, is usually better at being at home when the family shows up, but recently Kims sister Shiela (a crazy bitch) has been around, so Kims been out drinking with her. Ah well...

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I'm thinking in a soon-to-come post, I'll mention a bit more of my own background, and a few sensitive areas of my own youth. Just to post it out into the open. I don't care if you guys read it or not. You can't change the past. n_n
So Maryanne, you might hear a few more things that ya don't really wanna hear. But that's okay. I'm sure you have a dirty, sordid kinky past to share too! Look who's sleeping in your house with you, after all. My dad, the sex pervert... Lol. Like bees to honey, he's secretly attracted to dirty, sex fiends. Mebbe that's you, lol? >_<

Oh. I booked the first two weeks of August off, so I CAN go to BC this summer.I don't expect to be out there for the full two weeks, nor spend all two weeks with my family at all. I just have that time period booked off.
I will need a few days off after my vacation to relax and settle back in at home, after all.

Kay. Bed time. I'll update soon enough. Laterz.