Beginning to think a peg leg would be fashionable

Because the knee is spreading to the ankle. Now I have my grandmother's ankle - that isn't supposed to happen for quite a long time. I did travel for work and check out the surrounding area and I noticed that the ankle was a little swollen. Then I headed to Northern California with my friend Mary for the weekend and forgot to put on sunscreen on my legs. Normally I always sit cross legged and this is not a problem. But when your knee is a bit sore you tend to sit with your legs in front of you where the sun can make them into lobsters. By the time I noticed that they were getting pink it was too late! The cooking continued. So add swelling due to sunburn and then existing swelling due to knee and it turns into a very painful and unattractive ankle. I've had it up since I got home last night and it's only slightly less swollen. I've put vinegar and solarcaine on my burns to stop the pain which relieves slightly.

The plus is that I had a fabulous time with Mary and her family. The minus is that I am a huge whiner when inconvenienced at all with any sort of health issue and that is detracting from the fun weekend. So now people are feeling sorry for me and I know it's because I can't shut up about it! I wish I had the pain tolerance of my dad. He just cuts off suspicious looking moles off his arm and brushes off any question of his hip when he limps at the end of a long day. Even my mom is tougher than me. She gets migraine's that she has to use shots to end and even then she feels ill but still goes to work. If it were me I would whine incessantly about the headache. Then when my family and friends stopped talking to me I would call a random business and tell them all about it. Similar to telling the INTERNET all about it now.

Oh my God, I might become a very annoying old person. I might already be a very annoying young person. This is not a good sign.