September 28, 2021 - Tuesday (358/365)


Day 358 of my 365 Photo Journal 

One week from finishing an entire year of photos. It feels unreal, honestly. I still have not decided exactly what I want to do, but I think I'm just going to keep going. I may not number my photos anymore and I may not hold myself to a strict every day standard, but I think I'll just keep on. This project has brought me so much joy and purpose, not to mention practice and fun! 

Today started out okay. Ollie was still being her typical jerk self, talking about how much she hates Jenny and Andrei and Millie while they were here, yelling at them for playing with toys, etc. Very annoying. But, I got a little sewing done during her nap, which felt wonderful. THEN. After dinner, we went outside as a family to play. Ben and Jonas were playing basketball, like always, when, suddenly, Ben yells and drops to the ground, grabbing his calf. He says he heard/felt something tear and he thinks it's really serious. Thankfully, when I called our sitter she was able to come over immediately and I took Ben to the ER. After a few hours, he came home with a torn calf muscle, no meds, no crutches, orders to not bear any weight AT ALL, and a referral for an orthopedic surgeon. I feel like we had no choice but to go to the ER, but it is frustrating that they didn't give him a single freaking thing to help make life doable while we get used to this new injury. He's currently in the downstairs bedroom feeling sad, and bored, and old, and frustrated. I'm a little scared to be in charge of doing everything myself in the days to come, since Ben does at least half of everything around here, but we'll figure it all out and it'll be fine. I just hope he's not in too much pain and that he can find a way to get some sleep. THANK GOD a friend of ours from HC has a pair of crutches we can borrow, so I'll head over there in the morning and pick them up. 

Photo of Ben while he could still walk. šŸ˜¬ Also noteworthy, today is one of the first times in months that I attempted to shoot in manual. I've been using aperture priority and shutter priority for most of the last two years, because I got the exposure wrong so much at first. I think the exposure was pretty much perfect today and I feel motivated to keep trying, because what is the big deal if I don't get it right? Mistakes are how we learn and I need to let myself make some. Some more, that is. 




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