Small Stuff...

....like shoes and people.

Yes, my sister now has her very own small person (well, I think it’s co-owned by her and her husband, but I don’t want to be presumptuous about their arrangement). I’m an aunty! And you know what? It’s just really hard to be a grumpy shit when something so freakin amazing is going on. Seriously, Jess GREW A PERSON, and now my niece is here and she’s small and lovely and completely dependent on the big people around her... That’s actually so awesome to me that small issues like my legs seem insignificant.

I can’t wait to meet her!

In other bright side news, I have sent some shoes away to be appropriately altered. I kinda don’t know if this is good news or not, as it DOES mean one of my shoes will have a sole that’s 2cm chunkier than the other and I’ll feel like a bit of a spaztard... But I’m going to look at it as a good thing, cause it should mean I’ll walk all fancy – and by fancy I mean level and stuff, not screwing my back up. Ooohh.  I had to get some new shoes so that I had ones that would handle the extra weight, and that would last me a while, and I actually got kids shoes. Size 2. Yes, I am that ridiculously small. Go ahead – laugh. Even I’m laughing at myself on this one. Made them way cheaper though, so fuck it.

I have also been a bit proactive about enlisting help from people. I’ve put in an application with ACC to hopefully get them to fund some more shoes (ie buying new ones and getting them altered, cause the health board or hospital or whoever pays for these things will only fund the altering of two pairs a year, and no new ones). And I figure it like this: I need walking shoes, summer shoes, winter shoes, dressy shoes, work shoes – and that's just the basics. My doctor thinks I might not get it though, because apparently leg length discrepancies are a common complication of hip replacement surgery. Um, what?! It’s common and nobody bothered to mention it to me before the op? Thanks, team. I don’t think it’s actually common for the discrepancy to be as big as mine – a minimal difference wouldn’t even be noticeable so wouldn’t matter – but apparently the amount doesn’t actually matter as far as ACC are concerned. Bummer.

So I’ve got a meeting with WINZ on Thursday to see if they’ll help. AND I’ve been in touch with the Health and Disabilities Commissioner’s office to get some help and advice about the process ahead, and getting what I want and need out of it. I want to be fully informed and given options instead of just being told what to do, and I’m hoping they can help me.

Matthew yesterday on climbing into the back seat of a small car: “It’s like being born in reverse” - Yet another example of small stuff making for some great comic relief.

Things that are just really super: my sister being a mother! Seriously. I can’t get over it. I’m so happy for them.

Things that aren’t super: with new-found motherdom (and my auntydom) going on? Nothing!