I've got some bad news. It's actually kind of old bad news too. My wife broke her left ankle on Saturday, February 4th. It's been pretty bad. I mean from everyone whose broken an ankle, they say it's the worst. I might agree. I suppose breaking your back may be worse. And breaking your neck means wearing that goofy head gear. But at least you can walk. My wife's been hobbling around on crutches and doing simple things like going to the restroom can be a big ordeal. Taking care of our son is basically impossible for her, so we've been enlisting the help of family to help us out.

My work is letting me work from home, but I think they are letting me do it mostly because I said that I thought I was going to have to go on medical leave for 6 weeks.

So the way it happened was this. We were at our nieces 2-years old birthday party, and the birthday girl was playing up high on some dirt behind a 4-foot retaining wall. My wife was afraid she'd fall, so she went to help. The niece jumped into her arms, but my wife wasn't quite ready for that. My wife was on a 5-inch planter bed wall, and when she stepped back and turned... snap crackle pop. A few people heard the break, but no one thought she had broke it.

My brother-in-law happens to be an x-ray technician, so we went to the hospital where he works. We took x-rays of both of her feet and found the fracture easily. Her other foot was injured as well, but not broken.

She will be on crutches for 6-8 weeks total. Right now has a pink cast for the first 4 weeks. Pink because of Valentine's Day... of course.

Wish her a speedy recovery!