Poppet, one of the nice things about working at a school is that there are plenty of kids around to clean out the fridge!
I'm pretty sure that I am officially back at work. Whoopsie! Went in and did my 8 hours today. Still taking it really easy while I am there. I no longer walk everywhere. Now I just get on the radio and request a kid to come pick up stuff and drop it off at other offices. I love those little grunts. Students and faculty alike love me on crutches as they say they can now hear me coming and I won't be able to sneak up on them anymore.
My school is what they call a magnet school. We are 100% application and do not serve a specific neighborhood. All of our students have to be accepted into one of our programs. While we may resemble a vocational school, we consistently place in the top 3 high schools in our District (27 high schools + 3 career centers) in all academic areas. Demographically, we look like an inner-city school with 77% of our students qualifying for free lunch. Academically we perform like a Prep school. My kids look and talk ghetto-fabulously, but academically perform like Poindexters (brainiacs). We have programs from welding, culinary, computer systems technology, architecture, pt/ot, radiology, EKG tech, etc. I have donated a copy of the CD with my hip, both before and after THR, to our health academy students. Boy has this been a conversation starter. One kid came up to me this afternoon and asked me if magnets would now stick to my hip. Crazy kid.
Looked at the calendar and the PT orders from the doctor and realized that TODAY WAS THE DAY that I got to start 50% weightbearing. Wow, that's still a lot of work. Noticed that for the first time in almost a week that my thigh was swelling again. I think the wb had something to do with it. I only noticed it when I was brushing off the back of my pants and realized that I didn't have a butt cheek anymore. Left side, check! Nicely rounded, clearly delineated butt cheek. Right side, negatory! Straight shot all the way down. One giant butt cheek.....Sitting on my ice pack now.
No increase (or reappearance) in the deep thigh pain. Outer thigh burning....well I might as well get used to it since it doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Hip flexor is feeling pretty tight still. Haven't found, or been told any exercises to stretch those out.
Major milestone alert** I put my own socks and sneakers on today. Getting some flexibity back! Yay! So, I got dressed all by myself today. Go me!
That's it my BS peeps....much ado about...well, not much.
Tammy
What a great school! I know those little grunts love you, too. And, uh, well, do the magnets stick? I would try it but I can't find a magnet, LOL!
My daughter caught me doing it and wondered if I was alright. Now, how do you answer that? 
United States
Sissy it goes without saying that covering the ink above the stink falls under the No Butts portion of my summary. Funny thing is, the kids know it. I was standing outside sunning myself at lunch and one student came over to say "hey, Dr. Damn!, that girl over there has 2 b's showing." When I am in the cafeteria supervising the breakfast or lunch lines, I will see the girls come in the door, spot me in the line and turn around so I won't bust them on dress code. When I catch them, we have these hideously ugly basketball shorts and t-shirts emblazoned with DRESS CODE VIOLATOR all over them. The shorts are purple and the shirts are puke green. Then we confiscate their original outfits and send them to class. They can swap out the outfits at the end of the day. The girls especially hate the dress code outfits, but hey, it's the least I can do to make sure that they get to stay in class and take advantage of their free educations. 
