humanimal

I took the kids to see a movie on Friday. Being relegated to crutches for the summer has severely shifted our regular program of activities together, so we're adapting. This was only the second movie I've ever take them to, it was fun. I like having older kids instead of toddlers, we can laugh and be silly together and chat, it's not physically exhausting and I really do enjoy their company. Anyway, we saw "Inside Out" and I was impressed; not usually a fan of Disney movies because of the overwhelmingly gender biased portrayals and the middle class storylines, but this one was clever, accessible and had an important message that was easy for kids to understand. The message of embracing sadness in order to achieve happiness was refreshing in a time when I feel like most movies encourage kids to be blindly courageous and triumph over others.

One thing that bothered me about the movie experience was one of the previews for an animated movie featuring assorted anthropomorphized animals. The narrator opens the preview by saying, "In the world of Zootopia, Humans never happened. Which makes Zootopia a modern, civilized world that is entirely animal." WTF!?!? Humans are animals! It drives me bonkers that people can't or won't admit this on a daily basis. I was very proud that my kids picked up on the discrepancy right away...they're so smart and engaged with their animal-ness, they were sufficiently incensed :)

So, still on crutches. Had a bone scan and CT on Friday, but no results yet. From what I could see myself of the scan images it doesn't look good; my right hip around the femoral neck was lit up like a christmas tree. I keep telling myself it will be 12 weeks. What if it's longer though? I don't know. What if I can never run again? What if my entire body is going to completely fall apart and I can never return to the level of activity I enjoy again? Dark thoughts. Mostly avoiding them, but they do creep in every once in a while.

In other news, I'm in love with a fantastic and dynamic person who is occupying a good chuck of my grey matter, so that helps a lot. Onward and upward I guess.