Keeping Quiet
I got a great piece of advice from a friend and fellow cast member yesterday. Less is more. My foot is still on the mend from a sprain. It is healing slowly but surely. It is better everyday, but in little increments. It is hard not to talk about it, especially when I am at the show. My friend informed me, from her own experience, that is best not to talk about my injury unless someone asks about it. Otherwise, people will get annoyed. Got it. Sucks though. I do wish I had one of my close CLOSE friends here to be able to vent as much as I needed. It really does suck to have to wait for the pain to completely go away. I am grateful to be walking now, but my foot does get exhausted and sore by the end of the day. Not terrible sore, but get the f*#k off me sore. I was feeling that last night while I was at a cast party. All I wanted to do was talk about my foot. The topic came out of my mouth a couple of times, but I caught myself and cut myself off as quickly as possible. Such a downer in a conversation when everyone is there to have fun.
My dance partner is giving me the cold shoulder. I could try to go talk to him about it, but there is nothing for me to say. He needs to go through what he needs to go through - yet another situation where it is best for me to keep quiet, unless he feels the urge to talk to me about his frustration. There is nothing I can do about it except continue with my exercises and positive thinking. It feels practically impossible to not talk about my foot. Luckily, I have my physical therapist to vent to on Tuesday. Ha! I’m telling ya, it is hard to not talk about it.
March 26th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
This IS a useful piece of advise, no matter what your occupation!