Springtime The Second Time Around
This year is unique for me in the sense that I got to experience spring two times. In Bishop, it came early, with the grass getting green and the trees exploding in bloom around late March and the dry dusty desert plains picking up a definite green tint.
Then I drove home at end of April, just in time for springtime to roll through (a bit late, but its here) here in Minnesota. I drove around a bit, didnt take a lot of pictures, but here’s some of the good stuff.
Minneapolis - One Week Update
Well, its not actually a whole week yet. I rolled into Minneapolis early Monday morning, but close enough.
My foot continues to improve every day, more rapidly than I thought it would. Last week I was still not putting any weight on my foot when moving around - only when driving, would I use my foot.
When I arrived back in Minneapolis, I started putting a little body weight on when walking, mainly to get my foot moving, and to restore the range of motion. It was initially very stiff and clumsy, but over the last few days its really started to limber up and getting stronger.
As of yesterday, I started using just one crutch to support my weak side when walking. Its still rather slow going, and for long walks, I’ll still use two crutches, but its a major improvement, because now I can carry things with one hand when walking somewhere. That was the BIGGEST and most annoying thing about using crutches is that both of your hand are completely occupied and you can’t carry things like cups or plates of food while using crutches. You have hold up one crutch and hop wherever you need to go.
I really hope that if this rate of progress holds up, I should be able to start walking without crutches within a week or two. That’s going to be such a huge moment for me!
Its really nice to be back home in familiar territory, but I’m missing the weather in Bishop. Its still cold up here and there are no mountains to look at. 
I hope to get back to doing some more photos soon and have more exciting news to post as well!